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of imitation butter; provided, that oleomargarine may be nuanu- 

 factured and sold if the consumer is advised of its real character, 

 etc. The sale, etc., of imitation butter is also allowed if signs are 

 used by the seller on the premises where sold or from a wagon 

 with the words " sold here " or " delivered here," preceded by the 

 name of the imitation article; the buyer is to be informed that 

 the article he buys is not butter and its name is to be given. All 

 sellers of imitation butter are required to register annually. The 

 dairy commissioner is to furnish the signs prescribed at actual 

 cost. Penalties are fixed for the violation of the law and evi- 

 aence of the violation shall be prima facie evidence of willful viola- 

 tion with knowledge. 



DELAWARE. 



It is unlawful to manufa'cture, sell, offer for sale, or have in 

 possession with intent to sell, any article or substance designed 

 to take the place 'of butter or cheese, not made of unadulteriated 

 milk or cream, and every sale of such article or substance is unlaw- 

 ful and void, and no aiction can be maintained to recover upon any 

 contract fo'r the sale of the same. (Lajws 1887, chap. 231.) 



The Legislature petitioned Congress to pass a law restoring the 

 control of the traffic in oleomargarine to the States, as has been 

 done in the matter of the liquor traffic, session of 1891, and the 

 Dairy Protective Association of Delaware was incorporated for 

 the enforcement of laws for the protection of dairy interests. 

 (Laws 1891, chap. 176.) 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



The manufacture and sale of imitation butter is permitted if 

 packages containing the same are stamped, branded and marked 

 with the word "oleomargarine." In retail sales a label with the 

 same word is required. (C. S., p. 177.) 



FLORIDA. 



The knowingly and willfully selling, or causing tO' be sold, as 

 butter, any spurious preparation purporting to be butter is pun- 

 ishable by imprisonment or fine, and hotel and boarding-house 

 keepers who supply their guests with oleomargarine or spurious 

 preparations without giving notice of the character of the same 

 are subject to the same penalty. (Laws 1881, chap. 3280.) 



