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their beinj? colored in semblance of butter and cheese; regulat- 

 ing the manufacture, shipping and sale, and protecting the con- 

 sumer at the table, and prescribing penalties for the violation 

 thereof. 



Chapter 79 of the Laws of 1895 amends section 8 of chapter 

 78 of the Laws of 1895 with regard to penalties and the manu- 

 facture of imitation butter or imitation cheese within the State, 

 under the restrictions and provisions of the United States law 

 for sihipment to points outside the State. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The sale of adulterated butter, oleomargarine and imitation 

 cheese is unlawful unless the packages containing the same have 

 on them the words " aidulterated butter," " oleomargarine " or 

 '' imitation cheese," and if a substitute for butter, unless it is of 

 a pink color, and if in less quantities than the original package 

 the seller to deliver to the purchaser a label bearing these words 

 indicating its character. (R. S., §§ 19, 20, Laws 1881, 1885.) 



It is unlawful for any person within the State to solicit or take 

 ordersforany substanceor compound, the sale, offer to sell or keep- 

 ing in possession of which with intent to sell is prohibited by sec- 

 tions 19 and 20 of the Revised Statutes, to be delivered at any 

 place without the State knowing or having reasonable cause to be- 

 lieve that if so delivered the same will be transported into the State 

 and be sold in violation thereof. (Laws 1893, chap. 37, amending 

 chap. 127 of P. S.) 



Chapter 115 of the Laws of 1895 amends section 19 of chapter 

 127, Penal Statutes, and regulates the manufacture and sale of 

 oleomargarine, etc., and the use of it in hotels, boarding-houses, 

 etc., and penalties are fixed for the violation of the law. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 Public Laws 1886, page 107, as amended by Public Laws 1889, 

 page 192, and Public Laws 1895, page 654, is similar to the New 

 York law, excepting that oleomargarine, etc., may be sold if prop- 

 erly labeled and branded. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 

 Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1895 requires that oleomargarine 

 shall be labeled, giving chemicals and ingredients. 



