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of ^5,000 is made for the same. Fines are to be covered in the 



State treasury, and inconsistent acts are repealed. (Laws 1895, 



p. 26.) 



MONTANA. 



The branding or marking of the words " oleomargarine butter " 

 or " imitation cheese " on each package containing the same, is 

 required, when sold. The violation of the law makes null and 

 void any contract for the sale of such articles. (Laws 1895, 

 p. 51.) 



Chapter 40 title 10 of the Penal Code, sections 684, 685 ajid 

 686, relate to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine and 

 imitation cheese. Branding or marking is required, and, in the 

 case of a hotel, restaurant or boarding-house using such article 

 or substance, a printed notice is necessary; if inquiry is made 

 the customer or guesit must be distinctly informed that the 

 article furnished is not butter or cheese, the genuine product 

 of the dairy, but oleomargarine or imitation cheese. The penalty 

 for the violation of these sections is imprisonment in county jail 

 not exceeding one month or by fine not exceeding |100. 



Chapter 13 of article 2 of the Civil Code, section 4064, re- 

 quires that every person, company or corporation selling oleo- 

 margarine, butterine or imitation che^-se, shall pay a license of 

 ten cents per pound for all the articles sold. 



NEBRASKA. 



The branding or marking of the words " oleomargarine " or 

 " butterine " is required when sold, and in case of retail sales a 

 delivery of a label with those words to the purchaser is also 

 required. The violation of the law makes void the sale, and no 

 action can be maintained for the price thereof, and the selling, 

 offering for sale, exposing for sale, or causing or procuring to 

 be sold, unless in conformity to the law, is a misdemeanor, and 

 the proof of the sale or offer or exposure alleged is presumptive 

 evidence of knowledge of the character of the article so sold or 

 offered for sale. (Laws 1883, chap. 53.) 



Chapter 78 of the Laws of 1895 is an act concerning imita- 

 tion butter and imitation cheese, defining the same, prohibiting 



