seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen; chapter four hundred 

 and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten; and chapter 

 four hundred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, are 

 hereby repealed. 



Section 3. Section two of this act shall take effect on the first day of 

 December, nineteen hundred and eighteen. The remainder of the act 

 shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved May 28, 1918. 



APPLE GRADING. 



General Acts, Chapter 169. 



An Act relative to the grading and branding of apples. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the General Acts 

 of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended in section three by section 

 two of chapter sixtj^-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and 

 sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking out said section three and 

 substituting the following: — Section 3. The marks indicating the grade, 

 as above prescribed, shall not be accompanied by any other designation 

 of grade or brand which is inconsistent with or marked more conspicu- 

 ously on the package than the mark or marks required by section five of 

 this act. 



Section 2. Section fourteen of said chapter two hundred and sixty- 

 one is hereby amended by striking out the word "one", in the tenth line, 

 and substituting the word : — two, — so as to read as follows : — Section 

 14- Any person who adulterates or misbrands apples within the meaning 

 of this act, or who packs, repacks, sells, distributes, or offers or exposes 

 for sale or distribution, apples in violation of any provision of this act, 

 or who wilfully alters, effaces or removes, or causes to be altered, effaced 

 or removed, wholly or partly, any brands or marks required to be put 

 upon any closed package under the provisions of this act, shall be pun- 

 ished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offence, and by a 

 fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. 



Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-one, as amended by 

 said chapter sixty-three, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the 

 following new sections: — Section 17. Apples shipped in the course of 

 interstate commerce and packed and branded in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of the act of congress approved August third, nineteen hundred 

 and twelve, and known as "The United States Apple Grading Law", shall 

 be exempt from the provisions of this act. Section 18. The secretary of 

 the state board of agriculture and his duly authorized agent shall have 

 authority to enforce the provisions of this act and to prosecute all viola- 

 tions thereof. 



Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 April S4, 1918. 



