﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  777 
  

  

  Heavy 
  fines 
  are 
  prescribed 
  for 
  adulterating 
  or 
  selling 
  any 
  food 
  

   intended 
  for 
  man, 
  horses 
  or 
  cattle 
  as 
  unadulterated 
  or 
  misbranded. 
  

  

  !N'o 
  civil 
  action 
  shall 
  be 
  maintained 
  in 
  any 
  court 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   any 
  sale 
  or 
  other 
  contract 
  made 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  (Laws 
  

   1S9S; 
  chap. 
  52.) 
  

  

  LOUISIAXA. 
  

  

  Section 
  3 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  reads 
  as 
  follows: 
  "jSTo 
  person 
  shall 
  

   manufacture, 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  within 
  this 
  State, 
  any 
  drugs, 
  

   groceries, 
  such 
  as 
  sugar, 
  coffee, 
  tea, 
  butter, 
  cheese 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  

   article 
  to 
  be 
  consumed 
  as 
  food 
  or 
  drink, 
  unless 
  the 
  package, 
  when 
  

   sold 
  at 
  wholesale 
  or 
  the 
  package 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  taken, 
  when 
  

   sold 
  at 
  retail 
  be 
  stamped 
  in 
  plain 
  large 
  letters, 
  showing 
  the 
  true 
  

   quality 
  and 
  kind 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  sold 
  within 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  this 
  

   act." 
  (Act 
  82, 
  Laws 
  1882.) 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  " 
  That 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  all 
  substances, 
  such 
  as 
  oleomar- 
  

   garine, 
  butterine, 
  bogus 
  butter 
  or 
  other 
  material, 
  either 
  separately 
  

   or 
  in 
  combination 
  \^'ith 
  any 
  substances 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  

   the 
  cow, 
  as 
  butter, 
  is 
  hereby 
  prohibited." 
  

  

  Section 
  2. 
  " 
  That 
  any 
  merchant, 
  grocer 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  doing 
  

   business 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  who 
  shall 
  barter, 
  sell, 
  handle 
  or 
  give 
  away 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  substances 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  

   except 
  when 
  so 
  labeled, 
  as 
  unmistakably 
  to 
  indicate 
  their 
  true 
  com- 
  

   position, 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  

   act." 
  (Act 
  81, 
  Laws 
  188G.) 
  

  

  MAINE. 
  

  

  Municipal 
  officers 
  of 
  towns 
  and 
  cities 
  appoint 
  milk 
  inspectors, 
  

   who 
  may 
  enter 
  any 
  place 
  where 
  milk 
  is 
  kept 
  for 
  sale, 
  and 
  examine 
  

   all 
  carriages 
  used 
  for 
  its 
  conveyance; 
  they 
  shall 
  take 
  specimens 
  

   and 
  cause 
  an 
  analysis 
  or 
  other 
  test, 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  

   with 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the'milk. 
  

  

  