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the public health, shall be forfeited to the United States. Any person 

 who shall willfully remove or deface the stamps, marks, or brands on 

 a package containing oleomargarine taxed as provided herein shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than 

 one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, and by 

 imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. 



SEC. 16, Act of August 2, 1886: 



That oleomargarine may be removed from the place of manu- 

 facture for export to a foreign country without payment of tax or affix- 

 ing stamps thereto, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds 

 and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the 

 approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. Every per- 

 son who shall export oleomargarine shall brand upon every -tub, firkin, 

 or other package containing such article the word "Oleomargarine," 

 in plain Roman letters not less than one-half inch square. 



SEC. 17, Act of August 2, 1886: 



That whenever any person engaged in carrying on the business of 

 manufacturing oleomargarine defrauds, or attempts to defraud, the 

 United States of the tax on the oleomargarine produced by him, or any 

 part thereof, he shall forfeit the factory and manufacturing apparatus 

 used by him, and all oleomargarine and all raw material for the pro- 

 duction of oleomargarine found in the factory and on the factory prem- 

 ises, and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than 

 five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor 

 more than three years. 



SEC. 18, Act of August 2, 1886: 



That if any manufacturer of oleomargarine, any dealer therein, or 

 any importer or exporter thereof shall knowingly or willfully omit, 

 neglect, or refuse to do, or cause to be done, any of the things required 

 by law in the carrying on or conducting of his business, or shall do any- 

 thing by this act prohibited, if there be no specific penalty or punish- 

 ment imposed by any other section of this act for the neglecting, omit- 

 ting, or refusing to do, or for the doing or causing to be done, the thing 

 required or prohibited, he shall pay a penalty of one thousand dollars; 

 and if the person so offending be the manufacturer of or a whole- 

 sale dealer in oleomargarine, all the oleomargarine owned by him, or 

 in which he has any interest as owner, shall be forfeited to the 

 United States. 



SEC. 19, Act of August 2, 1886: 



That all fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed by this act may be 

 recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. 



