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Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any imitation 

 butter without informing the purchaser thereof, or the person or persona 

 to whom the same is offered for sale, that the substance sold or offered for 

 sale is imitation butter. 



Sec. 5. No person, by himself for another, shall ship, consign, or 

 forward by any common carrier, whether public or private, any substance 

 designed to be used as a substitute for butter, unless it shall be marked or 

 branded on each tub, box, firkin, jar, or other package containing the same, 

 as provided in this act, and unless it be consigned by the carrier and 

 receipted for by its true name: Provided, That this act shall not apply 

 to any goods in transit between foreign States across the State of Illinois. 



Sec. 6. No person shall have in his possession, or under his control, 

 any substance designed io be used as a substitute for butter, unless the tub, 

 firkin, jar, box, or other package containing the same be clearly and dura- 

 bly marked, as provided in this act . Provided, That this section shall not be 

 deemed to apply to persons who have the same in their possession for the 

 actual consumption of themselves or their families. Every person who 

 shall have in his possession or control any imitation butter for the purpose 

 of selling the same, which is not marked as required by the provisions of 

 this act, shall be presumed to have known during the time of such posses- 

 sion or control the true character and name as fixed by this act of such 

 product. 



Sec. 7. Whoever shall have possession or control of any imitation 

 batter or any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, con- 

 trary to the provisions of this act, for the purposes of selling the same, or 

 c.ifering the same for sale, shall be held to have possession of such property 

 with intent to use it in violation of this act. 



Sec. 8. No action shall be maintained on account of any sale or con- 

 tract made in violation of or with the intent to violate this act by or 

 through any person who was knowingly a party to such wrongful sale or 

 contract. 



Sec. 9. Whoever shall deface, erase, or remove any mark provided by 

 this act, with intent to mislead, deceive, or to violate any of the provis- 

 ions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 10. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of th ; s act shall 

 be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred 



