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the provisions of this Act may be branded in accordance with section 

 two of this Act. 



Sec. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be be- 

 low standard if the barrel bears any statement, design or device indi- 

 cating that the barrel is a standard barrel of apples, as herein defined, 

 and the capacity of the barrel is less than the capacity prescribed by 

 section one of this Act, nnless the barrel shall be plainly marked on 

 end and side with words or figures showing the fractional relation which 

 the actnal capacity' of the barrel bears to the caj^acity prescribed by sec- 

 tion one of this Act. The marking reqnired by this paragraph shall be 

 in block letters of size not less than seventy-two point, one-inch gothic. 



Sec. 5. That barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be mis- 

 branded within the meaning of this Act — 



First, If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating 

 that the apples contained therein are "Standard" grade and the apples 

 when packed do not conform to the requirements prescribed by section 

 two of this Act. 



Second. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicat- 

 ing that the apples contained therein are ''Standard" grade and the bar- 

 rel fails to bear also a statement of the name and variety, the name of 

 the locality where grown, and the name of the packer or the person by 

 whose authority the apples were packed and the barrel marked. 



Sec. G. That any person, firm or corporation, or association who shall 

 knowingly pack or cause to be packed apples in barrels or who shall 

 knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels in violation of the provisions 

 of this Act shall be liable to a penalty of one dollar and costs for each 

 such barrel so sold or offered for sale, to be recovered at the suit of the 

 United States in any court of the United States having jurisdiction. 



Sec. 7. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the 

 first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 



Approved, August 3, 1912. 



MICHIGAN FRUIT LAW. 



( Jakway Bill.) 



The People of the State of MicMgan enact: 



Section 1. In this Act, unless the contents otherwise requires, the 

 term "closed package" shall be copstrued to mean a barrel, box, basket, 

 carrier or crate, of which all the contents cannot readily be seen or in- 

 spected when such package is prepared for market. Fresh fruits and 

 vegetables in baskets or boxes packed in closed crates, and packages 

 covered with burlap, tarlatan or slat covers shall come within the mean- 

 ing of the term "closed package." None of the provisions of this Act 

 apply to other than Michigan grown fruits and vegetables. 



Section 2. Every person who, by himself or by his agent or employe, 

 packs or repacks fresh fruit or vegetables in closed packages intended 

 for sale in the open market, shall cause the same to be marked in a plain 

 and indelible manner as follows : 



First — ^With his full name and address, including the name of the state 

 where such fruit or vegetables are removed from the premises of the 

 packer or dealer. 



