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

 hundred nor more than two thousand dollars; and that the jurisdic- 

 tion for the prosecution of said misdemeanor shall be within the dis- 

 trict of the United States court in which it is committed. 



Act July 1, in02, c. 1357. s. 2, .32 Stat. (5.32. 



Previous provisions prohiliitiug the iuiportatiou of adulterated foods, 

 drugs, or liquors and providing a penalty for violation thereo,f, are con- 

 tained in net August 30, 1890, c. S39, s. 1, set forth above. 



More comprehensive i)rovisions for preventing the uianufaeture, sale, 

 and transportation or importation of adulterated, misbranded. etc., foods, 

 drugs, etc., or liquors, are contained in act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, set forth 

 below. 



ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3915. An act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or 

 transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious 

 foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating tratfic therein, 

 and for other purposes. (34 Stat. 768.) 



Manufacture of adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs in Territories or 

 District of Columbia, unlawful; violation of provisions a misdemeanor; 

 punishment. 



That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within 

 any Territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or 

 drug which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of 

 this Act; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of 

 this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense 

 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed five hundred 

 dollars or .shall be sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both 

 such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and for 

 each subsequent offense and conviction thereof shall be fined not less 

 than one thousand dollars or sentenced to one year's imprisonment, 

 or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 



Act June 30, 1906. c. 3915, s. 1, 34 Stat. 768. 



Interstate or foreign commerce in adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs 

 prohibited; shipment, delivery, etc., of such articles a misdemeanor; pun- 

 ishment; articles for export. 



Sec. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the 

 District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any 

 foreign country of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated 

 or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act, is hereby prohibited; 

 and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any 

 State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State 

 or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, 

 or who shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia, or foreign country, and having so received, shall deliver, 

 in original unbroken packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to 

 deliver to any other person, any such article so adulterated or mis- 

 branded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall 

 sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories 

 of the United States any such adulterated or misbranded foods or 

 drugs, or export or offer to export the same to any foreign country, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not 

 exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense, and upon con- 

 viction for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred 



