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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Kepoet 
  of 
  tub 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  412. 
  

  

  A!N 
  ACT 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  adulteration 
  of 
  and 
  deception 
  in 
  the 
  sale 
  

  

  of 
  linseed 
  or 
  flaxseed 
  oil. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  April 
  22, 
  1898, 
  with 
  tlie 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor, 
  Passed, 
  

  

  a 
  majority 
  being 
  present 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  No 
  person, 
  firm 
  or 
  corporation 
  shall 
  manufacture 
  

   or 
  mix 
  for 
  saie, 
  sell, 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  raw 
  lin- 
  

   seed 
  oil, 
  any 
  article 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  wholly 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  com- 
  

   mercially 
  pure 
  linseed 
  or 
  flaxseed. 
  Nor 
  shall 
  any 
  person, 
  firm 
  or 
  

   corporation 
  manufacture 
  or 
  mix 
  for 
  sale, 
  sell, 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  boiled 
  linseed 
  oil, 
  any 
  article, 
  unless 
  the 
  oil 
  

   from 
  which 
  said 
  article 
  is 
  made 
  be 
  wholly 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  com- 
  

   mercially 
  pure 
  linseed 
  or 
  flaxseed, 
  and 
  unless 
  the 
  same 
  has 
  been 
  

   heated 
  to 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  degrees 
  Fahren- 
  

   heit. 
  

  

  2. 
  Nothing 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  as 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  sale 
  

   or 
  manufacture 
  of 
  any 
  com.pound 
  of 
  linseed 
  or 
  flaxseed 
  oil; 
  pro- 
  

   vided, 
  that 
  such 
  compound, 
  if 
  it 
  imitates 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  is 
  

   designed 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  linseed 
  or 
  flaxseed 
  oil, 
  shall 
  not 
  

   be 
  manufactured 
  or 
  mixed 
  for 
  sale, 
  sold 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  under 
  

   a 
  name 
  or 
  description 
  containing 
  the 
  words 
  "linseed 
  oil" 
  or 
  

   "flaxseed 
  oil." 
  

  

  3. 
  Any 
  person, 
  firm 
  or 
  corporation 
  who 
  shall 
  violate 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misde- 
  

   meanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  punished, 
  for 
  each 
  

   and 
  every 
  such 
  violation, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars; 
  and 
  in 
  default 
  of 
  the 
  

   payment 
  of 
  such 
  fine 
  shall 
  be 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  jail 
  for 
  a 
  

   period 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  thirty 
  days. 
  

  

  4. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  to 
  

   enforce 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  The 
  said 
  commissioner 
  and 
  

   his 
  assistants, 
  experts 
  and 
  chemists, 
  and 
  other 
  api)ointed 
  by 
  him, 
  

   shall 
  have 
  access, 
  ingress 
  and 
  egress 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  all 
  places 
  of 
  

  

  