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six-tenths cubic inches; the half pint, which when even full shall contain 

 sixteen and eiglit-tenths cubic inches; multiples of the quart, which when 

 even full shall contain like multiples of sixty-seven and two-tentlis cubic 

 inches. 



ARTICLE 26. 



§ 390. Marking canned goods. — No packer of or dealer in hermetically 

 sealed, canned or preserved fruits, vegetables or other articles of food within 

 this state, excepting canned or condensed milk or cream, sliall sell or offer 

 the same for sale for consumption within this state, unless the cans or jars 

 containing the same shall have plainly printed upon a label thereupon, with 

 a mark or term clearly indicating the grade or quality of the articles con- 

 tained therein, the name, address and place of business of the person or cor- 

 poration canning or packing them, or the name of the wholesale dealer in 

 the state selling or offering the same for sale, and the name of the state, 

 county and city, town or village where packed, preceded by the words 

 "packed at." 



If containing soaked goods or goods put up from products dried or cured 

 before canning, there shall also be printed upon the face of such label in 

 good legible type, one-half of an inch in height and three-eighths of an inch 

 in width, the word " soaked." 



Goods imported from foreign countries of foreign manufacture shall not 

 be subject to the provisions of this section. 



Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit to 

 the city, village, or town where the violation occurs, the sum of lifty dollars, 

 if a retail dealer, and the sum of five hundred dollars, if a wholesale dealer 

 or packer. 



CHAPTER 40 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS — PENAL LAW 



ARTICLE 40. 



§ 421. Untrue and misleading advertisements. — Any person, firm, corpora- 

 tion or association, or any employee thereof, who, in a newspaper, circular or 

 other publication published in tliis state, knowingly makes or disseminates 

 any statement or assertion of fact concerning the quantity, the quality, the 

 value, the metliod of production or manufacture, or the reason for the price 

 of his or their merchandise, or the manner or source of purchase of 

 such merchandise or tlie possession of rewards, prizes or distinctions con- 

 ferred on account of sucli merchandise or the motive or purpose of a sale, 

 intended to give the appearance of an offer advantageous to the purchaser 

 which is untrue or calculated to mislead, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Any person, firm, corporation or association or any employee thereof who 

 violates any provision of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than 

 twenty-five nor more tlian one hundred dollars for each offense. 



§ 434. Concealing foreign matter in merchandise. — A person who, with in- 

 tent to defraud, wliile putting up in a barrel, bag, bale, box, or other package, 

 cotton, hops, hay, or any other article of merchandise whatever, usually sold 

 by weight in such packages, places or conceals therein any other substance 

 or thing whatever, in a case where special provision for the punishment 

 thereof is not otherwise made by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



