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A paragraph practically identical with Article V is contained in the 

 laws of the Cantons of Berne, Basel, St. Gallen, and Thurgaii. 



UNITED STATES. 



The United States has no Federal law regulating the amount of 

 arsenic in wall papers, fabrics, etc. One State, Massachusetts, has 

 passed the following law : 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



An act relative to the manufacture and sale of textile fabrics and papers contain- 

 ing arsenic. (Chapter 325 of the acts of May IS, 1900.) 



SECTION 1. Any corporation, person, firm or agent who directly or by an agent 

 manufactures, sells, or exchanges, or has in his custody or possession with intent 

 to sell or exchange, any woven fabric cr paper containing arsenic in any form, or 

 any article of dress or of household use composed wholly or in part of such woven 

 fabric or paper, shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than 

 $50 nor more than $200: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to 

 dress goods or articles of dress containing not more than one-hundredth grain or 

 to other materials or articles containing not more than one-tenth grain of arsenic 

 per square yard of the material. 



SEC. 2. The State board of health shall make all necessary investigations as to 

 the existence of arsenic in the materials and articles mentioned in section 1 of this 

 act, may employ inspectors and chemists for that purpose, and shall adopt such 

 measures as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions and to facilitate 

 the enforcement of this act. 



SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on the 1st day of January in the year 1901. 



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