484 Third Annual Keport of the 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



It is deemed a mis(Jemeanor, and is punishable by either fine or 

 imprisonment or by both, to Ivnowingly sell or offer for sale or 

 procure the sale of or manufacture any article or substance in 

 semblance of butter n'ot the legitimate product of the dairy, and 

 made exclusively of milk or cream, unless durably branded, 

 stamped or marked in a conspicuous place with the word " oleo- 

 margarine," or " butterine," or ''patent butter," as the case may be. 



If imitation butter is sold, etc., when made under the "Quinness' 

 patent," or similar process, stamping upon each package of the 

 same on the top and side with lampblack and oil the words " pat- 

 ent butter " is required. The violation of this provision is deemed 

 a misdemeanor and is punishable bj' either fine or imprisonment 

 or both. 



Whoever sells or offers for sale any imitation or patent butter 

 or cheese as described in the foregoing sections shall give to each 

 purchaser of said goods a jnnnted card stating correctly the differ- 

 ent ingredients contained in the said compound. The violation of 

 this section is deemed a misdemeanor and punishable by fine or 

 imprisonment or both. (P. C; R. C, 1895, chap. 67, §§ 7639, 76-10, 



7G12.) 



OHIO. 



The manufacture and sale of imitation butter and cheese is 

 prohibited; also the false branding of dairy products. (Laws 

 1886.) 



The Laws of 1886, as amended by the Laws of 1887, require the 

 branding or marking of packagers containing imitation butter 

 represented to be or bearing the semblance of butter. 



The Laws ^of 1886, as amended by the Laws of 1888, require 

 that where kept in store, room, stand, booth, wagon or place, the 

 words " oleomargarine " or " imitation cheese sold here," shall be 

 printed on cards and posted in a conspicuous place, informing the 

 purchaser that such substance is not butter or cheese, but an imi- 

 tation of the same; in hotels, boarding-houses and places of public 

 entertainment, there shall be a sign with the words " oleomarga- 

 rine sold or usied here," or " imitation cheese sold or used here," 

 and the proprietors sliall not sell the same as and for " butter " or 

 '* cheese," when butter or eheese is asked for. 



