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or to prepare or use on any vessel containing any liquid, any 

 imitation or counterfeit of such stamp, or any paper in the 

 similitude or resemblance thereof, or any paper of such form 

 and appearance as to be calculated to mislead or deceive any 

 unwary person, or cause him to suppose the contents of such 

 vessel to be pure wine. It shall be unlawful for any person 

 or persons, other than the ones for whom such stamps were 

 procured, to in any way use such stamps, or to have posses- 

 sion of the same. A violation of any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable by fine of not 

 less than fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, 

 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not ex- 

 ceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

 All moneys collected by virtue of prosecutions had against 

 persons violating any provisions of this or any preceeding sec- 

 tions shall go one-half to the informer and one-half to the 

 District Attorney prosecuting the same. 



SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the Controller to keep an 

 account, in a book to be kept for that purpose, of all stamps, 

 the number, design, time when, and to whom furnished. The 

 parties procuring the same are hereby required to return to 

 the Controller semi-annual statements under oath, setting 

 forth the number used, and how many remains on hand. 

 Any. violation of this section, by the person receiving such 

 stamps, is a misdemeanor. 



SEC 10. It shall be the duty of any and all persons re- 

 ceiving such stamps to use the same only in their business, 

 in no manner or in nowise to allow the same to be disposed 

 of except in the manner authorized by this Act ; to not allow 

 the same to be used by any other person or persons. It 

 shall be their duty to become satisfied that the wine contained 

 in the barrels or bottles is all that said label imports as de- 

 fined by this Act. That, they will use the said stamps only 

 in this State and shall not permit the same to part from their 



