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or vines may be growiDg, in an action of assumpsit. The provisions of 

 this act shall not apply to the contagious disease known as yellows. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved May 4, 1895. 



PILFERING FROM ORCHARDS. 



AN ACT to protect vineyards, orchards, and gardens, and to repeal act 

 number 131, public acts of 1869, entitled "An act to protect vineyards 

 in the state of Michigan," being section 9195 of Howell's annotated 

 statutes. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any 

 person who shall enter a vineyard, orchard, or garden, during the months 

 of July, August, September or Octobei*, without the consent of the owner, 

 and pick, take, carry away, destroy, or injure any of the fruits, vegetables, 

 or crops therein, or in anywise injure or destroy any bush, tree, vine, or 

 plant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 

 be punished by imprisonment in county jail, not more than ninety days, 

 or by fine not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by both 

 such fin© and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 2. That act number 131 of the public acts of 1869, entitled "An 

 act to protect vineyards in the state of Michigan," being section 9195 of 

 Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, be and the same is hereby 

 repealed. 



Approved April 17, 1895. 



MARKING FRUIT PACKAGES. 



AN ACT to provide for marking on packages, designed for the shipment 

 of certain specified kinds of fruit, the number of pounds which each of 

 said packages shall contain. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact. That all 

 manufacturers of peach baskets and other fruit packages designed for the 

 shipment of peaches, grapes, and plums, and all shippers and dealers in 

 the same, shall mark or cause to be marked, in a plain manner, on the 

 outside, otherwise than the bottom, of such baskets or packages, the 

 capacity of each basket or package, in pounds, at the rate of one pound 

 for each 43.008 cubic inches of space contained in such basket or package. 



Sec. 2. Any manufacturer of or dealer in peach baskets or other fruit 

 packages designed for the shipment of peaches, grapes, and plums, who 

 shall sell or offer to sell such baskets or packages without complying with 

 the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be 

 fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, 

 and stand committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid. 



Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



This act is ordered to take effect January 1, 1896. 



Approved May 31, 1895. 



