54 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



contain not less than two-and-a-half-tenths of one per cent. ash. or min- 

 eral matter, the same being the product of the material from which 

 acid vinegar is manufactured. And all vinegar shall be made wholly 

 from the fruit or grain from which it purports to be or is represented 

 to be made, and shall contain no foreign substance, and shall contain 

 not less than four per cent., by weight, of absolute acetic acid. 



(4200-52) SEC. 3. [Injurious ingredients; branding.]. No per- 

 son shall manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or have in his possession 

 with intent to sell, any vinegar found upon proper test to contain any 

 preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric or other mineral acids, or other 

 ingredients injurious to health. And all packages containing vinegar 

 shall be branded on the head of the cask, barrel or keg containing such 

 vinegar, or if sold in other packages that each package be plainly marked 

 with the name and residence of the manufacturer, together with brand 

 required in section two (4200-51) hereof. 



(4200-54) SEC. 4. [Penalty.] Whoever violates any of the- 

 provisions of- this act shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty 

 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than 

 thirty days nor more than one hundred days, or both, and shall be ad- 

 judged to pay, in addition, all necessary costs and expenses incurred in 

 inspection and analyzing such vinegar. 



[Brands on casks of vinegar.] Every person making or manu- 

 facturing cider vinegar, who is not a domestic manufacturer of cider 

 or cider vinegar, shall brand on each head of the cask, barrel or keg 

 containing such vinegar, the name and residence of the manufacturer, 

 the date when same was manufactured, and the words "cider vinegar/' 

 And no vinegar shall be branded "fruit vinegar" unless the same be 

 made wholly from apples, grapes, or other fruit. 



[Manufacturing farmer.] Provided that nothing in this bill shall 

 be construed to prevent any farmer from manufacturing for his own 

 private use, or offering for sale, not to exceed twenty-five barrels in 

 any one year, pure cider or other fruit vinegar, branding the same "do- 

 mestic cider vinegar," with name and date of manufacturer, and when 

 so branded, shall be sufficient guarantee of its purity. 



(4200-55) SEC. 5. [Penalties.] Whoever violates any of the 

 provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty 

 dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than 

 thirty days, nor more than one hundred days, or both, and shall be 

 adjudged to pay in addition all necessary costs and expenses incurred 

 in inspecting and analyzing such vinegar. And all vinegar not in ac- 

 cordance with this act shall be subject to forfeiture and spoliation. 



(4200-62) SEC. i. [Maple sugar and syrup defined.] That ma- 

 ple sugar, or pure maple sugar, and maple syrup, or pure maple syrup, 

 shall be the unadulterated product produced by the evaporation of pure 

 sap from the maple tree. 



(4200-63) SEC. 2. [Standard of weight of maple syrup ; adul- 

 teratation.] The standard of weight of a gallon of maple syrup of 

 231 cubic inches in the state of Ohio," shall be eleven pounds. Any other 

 substance mixed with maple sugar or maple syrup or any other sub- 

 stance purporting to be maple sugar or maple syrup shall :be deemed 

 -to be an adulteration within the meaning of the laws of the state of 

 Ohio, providing against the adulteration of food. 



