Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

/ NO. 363, 81 Published April "a, 1913.
/ CHAPTER 90, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To create section 1570t OF
cotton duck or canvass or articles
manufactured thereof, and provid-
| ing penalties.
The people of the state of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly.
| do enact as follows:
| Section l. There is added to the
statutes a new section to read: Sec
Of this section cotton duck or canvass
shall be deemed to include all cotton
duck or canvass, whether single fill
ing, double filing, roll or wide duck.
2. That for the purposes of this
section, the equivalent OF thirty-six
| inches in length by twenty-nine inches
| IN width, or seven and one-fourth
| square feet of cotton duck or canvass,
shall constitute a yard, and an ounce
shall be ne-sixteenth part OF a pound
avoirdupois.
! 3. Any person, company of corpor-
alton who shall manufacture for sale
or who may offer or expose for sale
any cotton duck or canvass, or any
article other than clothing and wear
or in part of cotton duck or canvass,
shall distinctly and durably stamp,
brand, or mark thereon the true and
correct weight of such cotton duck or
canvass Dy ounces per yard, together
with q description by name OF any fill
er or other preparation placed in or on
SAID cotton duck or canvass since Its
manufacture.
4. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or corporation, either individually
or in any representative capacity, to
carry for sale, sell or endeavor to sell
any cotton duck or canvass as herein
defined, or any articles other than
! clothing and wearing APPAREL, composed
or made in whole or in part of any cot
| ton duck or canvass without having
| marked thereon the true and correct
weight of said canvass or cotton duck
by ounces per yard, together with q
description by name of any filler or
other preparation placed in or on said
cotton duck or canvass since its man
ufacture, or to misstate, msrepresent,
| or conceal the true weight of said
canvass or cotton duck by ounces per
yard, or to misstate, misrepresent or
conceal the existence of any filler or
other preparation placed In or on said
cotton duck or canvass since its man
ufacture.
s. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or corporation either individually
or in representative capacity, selling,
carrying for sale or endeaVoring to
sell any awnings. paullins, wagon COW
ers, tents, grain and hay covers, stable
or tent tops to misstate, or misrepre-
sent, or conceal the true and correct
size and dimensions thereof.
8. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son to deface, mutilate, obscure. con-
ceal efface, cancel, or remove any mark
provided for by this section or cause,
or permit the same to be done with
| intent to mislead, deceive, or to vio-
late any Of the provisions Of this Sec
ton.
7. Any person, company, or cor
poration violating any of the provi-
sions of this section shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor and on con-
viction thereof shall for the first Of
Tense be punished by o fine of not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars, and for each subsequent
offense by fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
Section O. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after It's
passage and publication.
Approved April %, 1913. Copy Law.