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the Surgeon-General of the Navy, and the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture ; and the decisions of this board shall be final in the prem- 

 ises. 



Sec. 15. That all packages of oleomargarine subject to tax under 

 this act that shall be found without stamps or marks as herein pro- 

 vided, and all oleomargarine intended for human consumption which 

 contains ingredients adjudged, as hereinbefore provided, to be del- 

 eterious to the public health, shall be forfeited to the United States. 

 Any person who shall willfully remove or deface the stamps, marks, 

 or brands on 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 thou- 

 sand dollars, and by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor 

 more than six months. 



Sec. 16. That oleomargarine may be removed from the place of 

 manufacture for export to a foreign country without payment of 

 tax or aflfixing stamps thereto, under such regulations and the fil- 

 ing of such bonds and other security as the Commissioner of In- 

 ternal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, may prescribe. Every person 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. 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 pro- 

 duced 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 production of oleomargarine found in the 

 factory and on the factory premises, 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. 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 anything by this act prohibited, if there be 

 . no specific penalty or punishment imposed by any other section of 

 this act for the neglecting, omitting, 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 



