134 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1909. 



Any form of guaranty covering the facts may be used. Forms are 

 suggested below. The guaranty must be signed in ink. The signature 

 of a corporation should be mude in the following form. First the legal 

 corporate title of the company, second the autograph of a duly author- 

 ized officer of the company; third the title or designation of his office. 

 For example — The Smith-Jones Company, Chas. R. Doc, Member of 

 firm. 



The following three classes of guarantees cover the cases about 

 which questions have arisen. 



(i) A guaranty filed with the United States Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture by the manufacturer or dealer and given a serial number, which 

 number shall appear on each and every package of goods sold under 



such guaranty together with the words "Guaranteed by 



under the Food and Drug Act, June 30. 



(2) If a guaranty is not filed and the serial number not printed as 

 above stated, the guaranty should identify and may be atached to the 

 bill of sale, invoice, bill of lading or other schedule giving the names 

 and quantities of the articles sold. 



"I (we) the undersigned do hereby guarantee that the following arti- 

 cles, packed, distributed or sold by me (us) (specify the same as fully 

 as possible) are in conformity with the requirements of the Maine Food 

 and Drug law." 



(Signed in ink.) 



(Name and place of business of wholesale dealer, manufacturer, 

 jobber, or other party.)" 



(3) A general guaranty may be given by a manufacturer or dealer 

 for a period of time and the following form may be used. 



("I (we) the undersigned do hereby guarantee that the articles of 

 foods and drugs packed, distributed or sold by me (us) (state name of 

 consignee) during the year 19 — shall be in conformity with the 

 requirements of the Maine Food and Drug Law." 



To be signed, etc., as under (2). 



M. F. D. R. 15 AND 16. 



LABELING DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 



United States Pharmacopea and National Formulary preparations as 

 well as other medicinal preparations (except physicians prescriptions) 

 must "bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of 

 any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, 

 chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate or acetanilide or- any 

 derivative or any preparation of any such substances contained therein." 

 This applies to all containers including shelf bottles in which the prepa- 

 rations are stored as well as to the package which is given to the cus- 

 tomer. 



The statements can be made in quantity, as grains per ounce, etc., 

 or in percentages. Until further notice, the percentage of the above 



