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nineteen hmidred * * ^ for the purpose of carrying 

 out the provisions of this Act. So much of said appropria- 

 tions shall be paid by the State treasurer to the Secretary 

 State Board of Agriculture as may be shown by his bills and 

 vouchers of expenditures in performing the duties required 

 by this Act. 



PENALTIES AND DEFINITIONS 



Section 11. Any person who adulterates or misbrands 

 apples within the meaning of this Act, or any person who 

 packs, sells, distributes, offers or exposes for sale, or distri- 

 bution, apples in violation of any of the provisions of this 

 Act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars 

 for the first offence, and by a fine not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars for each subsequent offence. 



Section 12. No person shall be prosecuted under the 

 provisions of this Act when he can establish satisfactory evi- 

 dence to the effect that he acted solely as a distributor, and 

 to the eft'ect that he was not a party to the packing and grad- 

 ing of such articles, or when he can establish a guaranty, 

 signed by the person from whom he received such articles, 

 to the eft'ect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded 

 within the meaning of this Act, designating it. Said guar- 

 anty, or said satisfactory evidence, to afford protection, shall 

 contain the name and address of the party or parties, mak- 

 ing the sale or shipment of such articles to said distributor 

 and in such cases said party, or parties, shall be amenable to 

 the prosecution, fines, and other penalties, which would 

 otherwise 'attach to the dealer or distributor under the pro- 

 visions of this Act. 



Section 13. The word "person" as used in this Act 

 shall be construed to be both plural and singular, as the ease 

 demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies 

 and associations. When construing and enforcing the pro- 

 visions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, 

 agent, or other pei'sons acting for or employed by any cor«. 

 poration, company, society, or association, within the scope 



