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The amendments referred to as being passed by the last Legislature apply 

 to all oleomargarine, tlie sale or use of which is not prohibited by the 

 statute, that is, to oleomargarine not in imitation or semblance of butter, 

 and regulates its use and sale by providing: 



1st. That when such oleomargarine is served in any hotel, boarding 

 house, restaurant, saloon, lunch counter or place of entertainment for the 

 guests therein as a substitute for butter, there shall be printed plainly and 

 conspicuously on the bill of fare, if there be one, the words " Oleomargarine 

 used here." 



2d. That the proprietor shall post up conspicuously in different parts 

 of each room where meals are served signs in places where they can be easily 

 seen and read, which shall bear the words "Oleomargarine used here," in 

 letters at least, two inches in length, and so printed as to be easily read by 

 guests or boarders. 



3d. That persons selling oleaginous substances not made from milk, or 

 cream of the same, as a substitute for butter, shall not sell, give away or 

 deliver with such substances any coloring matter. 



4 th. That no person shall manufacture, sell, or offer for sale any such 

 goods, under any brand, device or label bearing words or pictures indicative 

 of cows, or the names or breeds of cows or cattle, nor use terms indicative 

 of processes in the dairy, in making or preparing butter. 



5th. That no such substances shall hereafter be sold, offered or exposed 

 for sale in this State except in packages containing not more than five 

 pounds. 



6th. That such packages shall be wrapped and sealed, the original seal 

 of which shall be unbroken, and upon which seal shall be plainly printed 

 the name and address of the manufacturer of said oleomargarine. 



7th. That the said packages shall be plainly and conspicuously labeled 

 with the words " Oleomargarine " in Gothic, or equally conspicuous letters, 

 and at least three-eighths of an inch high. 



8th. The word "Oleomargarine" in huge prominent letters shall be 

 stamped by indentation on each separate brick or portion of the substance 

 itself before it is wrapped and sealed. 



Conclusion. The law as it now stands forbids the manufacture, sale 

 or use of oleomargarine, in imitation or semblance of butter, and regulates 

 the sale and use of all other oleomargarine by providing that it shall be 

 done up in packages marked and stamped as above set forth, or if used in 

 a place of public entertainment that the bill of fare, if there be one, 

 shall contain a statement as above set forth, and that placards shall be 

 conspicuously posted upon the wall as above set forth, containing the words 

 " Oleomargarine used here." It will thus be seen that the statute as it now 

 stands, instead of weakening the law against the sale of oleomargarine in its 

 fraudulent form, has left that law standing and regulated the sale and use 

 of oleomargarine heretofore not prohibited or regulated by the statute. 



This act takes effect immediately. 



Active work by agents of this Department under the amended features 

 of the statute will begin on August 1, 1909. It is expected that dealers in 

 and users of the commodity, the sale of which is regulated by the amend- 

 ment, will govern themselves accordingly. 



GEORGE L. FLANDERS, 

 First Assistant Commissioner and Counsel. 



