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his duty, shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars. 



SEC. 9. 6 Any article of food or any drug that is adulterated or mis- 



branded within the meaning of this act shall be liable to be proceeded against in 

 the courts of this state within the county where found, and seized for forfeiture 

 by tln> same process of law under which liquors illegally sold or for sale may be 

 i I'm- forfeiture; and if such article or drug is condemned as being adulter- 

 ated .r misbranded or of a poisonous or deleterious character within the mean- 

 ing of this act, it shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the court may 

 din* -i. anil the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall 

 be paid into the treasury of the state: Provided, however, that upon the pay- 

 ment of the costs of such proceedings and the execution and delivery of a good 

 and siiflirient bond t> the effect that such articles or drugs shall not be sold or 

 otherwise disused of contrary to the provisions of this act, the court may, by 

 order, direct that such articles or drugs be delivered to the owner thereof. 

 Either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact in any such case, 

 and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the state. 



.10, Soaked imn-d goods. All canned articles of food which have been 

 prepared from dried pn>du< -t> and have been soaked before canning shall be 

 plainly marked by a brand or label having on its face the word "Soaked," in 



:>e not smaller than eight-point (Brevier) caps. 



SE . 11. /*. There shall be a board of food and drug 



commissioners, consist inu' of three members, who shall hold office for the term 

 of their appointment, and until their successors, respectively, shall be elected 

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At the January session of the general assembly in the year A. D. 1908, the 

 nor. with the ad\ ice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three persons 

 members of >aid board, one for a term ending January 31, 110, one for a 



r.M'J. and one for a term ending January 31, 1914. 



At the .Fa nuary session of the general assembly in the year A. D. 1910, and 

 in every second year thereafter, the governor, with the advice and consent of 

 tin- >ei!.it, shall appoint a person to be a member of said board, and the per- 

 son so upimlntetl shall hold hi* othVo until the first day of February in the fifth 

 of his appointment. Any vacancy which may occur in said board when 

 i session shall be tilled by the governor until the next session 

 thereof, when he shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint some 



r the remainder of the term. 



a ml xtniulnnlx; organization. It shall be the 



duty of said b..ard to enforce the provisions of this act. They shall adopt such 

 nt with the provisions of this act, as may be necessary for its 

 <Miforeem'-nt, ;l nd shall adopt rules regulating minimum standards of strength, 

 purity, and quality for food and drugs, defining specific adulterations when 

 su.h itied or tixed under this act or by the laws of this 



to the provisions of this act, declaring the proper methods of 

 Minim: dniu's and articles of food; but such rules and stand- 

 more stringent than, nor conflict with, the rules and stand- 

 adopt MI. or which may hereafter be adopted, for the enforcement of the 

 and dm- act of the Tinted States, approved June 30, 1906, or of any food 

 and drug ad of the I'nited States hereafter in force, regulating the misbrand- 

 ini: r adulteration of food and drug products for interstate commerce: Pro- 

 /-. that in prosecutions under this act when the strength, quality, 

 irity of a drug or an article of food is in issue and the standard of strength, 



o So in Statutes. 



