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six-tenths cubic inches; the half pint, wliicli when even full shall contain 

 sixteen and eight-tenths cubic inches; multiples of the quart, which when 

 even full shall contain like multiples of sixty-seven and two-tenths cubic 

 inches. 



ARTICLE 26. 



§ 390. Marking canned goods. — No packer of or dealer in liermetically 

 sealed, canned or preserved fruits, vegetables or other articles of food M'ithin 

 this state, excepting canned or condensed milk or cream, shall sell or offer 

 the same for sale for consumption within tliis state, unless the cans or jars 

 containing the same shall have plainly printed upon a label thereupon, with 

 a mark or term clearly indicating the grade or quality of the articles con- 

 tained therein, the name, address and place of business of the person or cor- 

 poration canning or packing them, or the name of the wholesale dealer in 

 the state selling or offering the same for sale, and the name of the state, 



county and city, town or village where packed, preceded by the words 



" packed at." 



If containing soaked goods or goods put up from products dried or cured 



before canning, there shall also be printed upon the face of such label in 



good legible type, one-lialf of an inch in height and three-eighths of an inch 



in width, the word " soaked." 



Goods imported from foreign countries of foreign manufacture shall not 



be subject to the provisions of this section. 



Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit to 



the city, village, or town where the violation occurs, the sum of fifty dollars, 



if a retail dealer, and the sum of five hundred dollars, if a wliolesale dealer 



or packer. 



CHAPTER 40 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS — PENAL LAW 



ARTICLE 40. 



§ 421. Untrue and misleading advertisements. — Any person, firm, corpora- 

 tion or association, or any employee thereof, who, in a newspaper, circular or 

 other publication published in this state, knowingly makes or disseminates 

 any statement or assertion of fact concerning the quantity, the quality, the 

 value, the method of production or manufacture, or the reason for the price 

 of his or their merchandise, or the manner or source of purchase of 

 such merchandise or the possession of rewards, prizes or distinctions con- 

 ferred on account of such merchandise or the motive or purpose of a sale, 

 intended to give the appearance of an offer advantageous to the purchaser 

 which is untrue or calculated to mislead, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Any person, firm, corporation or association or any employee thereof who 

 violates any provision of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than 

 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 



§ 434. Concealing foreign matter in merchandise. — A person who, with in- 

 tent to defraud, while putting up in a barrel, bag, bale, box, or other package, 

 cotton, hops, hay, or any other article of merchandise whatever, usually sold 

 by weight in such packages, places or conceals therein any other substance 

 or thing whatever, in a case where special provision for the punishment 

 thereof is not otherwise made by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



