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six, eight and nine or sections three hundred fourteen and three hun- 

 dred fifteen of this chapter or of sections one hundred six, one hundred 

 seven and one hundred eight of this chapter shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less 

 than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment of not less than one month nor more than six months or by both 

 such fine and imprisonment, for the first offense; and by six months' 

 imprisonment for the second offense. 



SEC. 53. Butterine and similar products not to be purchased by cer- 

 tain institutions. No money appropriated by law for maintenance and 

 support in whole or in part of a State institution; nor money received 

 by a charitable, benevolent, penal or reformatory institution from the 

 State or from a county, city or town thereof appropriated by such 

 county, city or town, for the maintenance or support Tn whole or in 

 part of such institution; nor money belonging to or used for the main- 

 tenance or support of such institution, shall be expended for the pur- 

 chase of, or in payment for, butterine, oleomargarine, lard, cheese, or 

 articles or products in imitation or semblance of natural butter or cheese 

 produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream from the same, which 

 articles or products have been rendered or manufactured in whole or 

 in part from animal fats, or animal or vegetable oils not produced from 

 unadulterated milk or cream from the same. 



SEC. 54. Purchase, sale and use of butterine and similar products 

 prohibited in certain institutions. No officer, manager, superintendent 

 or agent of an institution mentioned in section fifty-three of this chapter, 

 shall purchase for the use of such institution articles or products, for 

 the purchase of which the money appropriated by law, or by a county, 

 city or town, is forbidden to be used by section fifty-three of this chap- 

 ter, and no person shall sell to, or for the use of such institution, such 

 articles or products. Nor shall such articles or products be used as 

 articles of food or for cooking purposes in such institutions within this 

 State. 



