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vent deception in the distribution and sale thereof ; ' approved the - day of 

 , A. D. nineteen hundred and one " ; every such warranty shall be signed 

 by the warrantor, but no warranty shall be a defense if the person offering it 

 shall have been notified, prior to the sale complained of, that the article or 

 articles mentioned in it were impure within the meaning of this act. 



19. False warranty; penalty. Any person who shall give or utter any false 

 warranty of the form prescribed in the fifteenth section of this act, shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine 

 of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment at hard labor for not 

 more than one year, at the discretion of the court. 



Laws, 1901, p. 186-199. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



1. Restriction by municipalities, etc. It shall be lawful for the common 

 council or other governing body of any city, town, township, borough or other 

 municipality within this state, by ordinance, to regulate and prohibit the dis- 

 tribution, depositing or leaving on the public streets, highways, public places, or 

 on private property, or in any private place or places within any such munici- 

 pality, any medicine, medicinal preparation or preparation represented to cure 

 ailments or diseases of the body or mind, or any samples thereof, or any 

 advertisements or circulars relating thereto ; provided, hoiucvcr, that such 

 municipality shall not be authorized to prohibit a delivery of any such article 

 by handing the same to any person above twelve (12) years of age willing to 

 receive the same. 



2. Penalty. It shall be lawful for any such municipality, in and by any such 

 ordinance, to provide for the imposition of a penalty of fifty dollars for the 

 violation thereof. 



Laws, 1904, p. 202. 

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