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dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty days, for 

 each offense, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 

 court, or the fine alone may be sued for and recovered before any justice 

 of the peace in the county where the offense shall be coo milted, at the 

 instance of any person, in the name of the people of the Stato of Illinois 

 as plaintiff. 



Sec. 11. It is hereby made the duty of the State's attorney of each 

 county in this State to prosecute all violations of this act upon complaint 

 of any person, and there shall be taxed as his fees in the case the sum of 

 ten dollars, which shall be taxed as costs in the case. 

 Laws of 1885, page 207 (Revised Statutes, chapter 38, sections 104a-104c). 



AN ACT to protect the public from imposition in relation to canned or 

 preserved food. (Approved June 27, 1885.) 



Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful in this State for any 

 packer or dealer in preserved or canned fruits and vegetables or other 

 articles of food to offer such canned articles for sale after January 1, 1886. 

 with the exception of goods brought from foreign countries, or packed prior 

 to the passage of this act, unless ^uch articles bear a mark to indicate the 

 grade or quality, together with the name and address of such firm, person, 

 or corporation that pack the came cr dealer who sells the same. The firm, 

 person, or corporation labeling such goods shall be considered the packer 

 or packers. 



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Sec' 3. Any person, firm, or corporation, who shall falsely stamp or 

 label such cans or jars containing preserved fruit or food of any kind, or 

 knowingly permit such false stamping or labeling, and any person, firm, 

 or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished with a fine of not less than 

 fifty dollars; in the case of vendors, and in the case of manufacturers and 

 those falsely or fraudulently stamping or labeling such cans or jars, a fine 

 of not less than five hundred dollars not more than one thousand dollars, 

 and it shall be the duty of any board of health in this State cognizant of 

 any violation of this act to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation which 

 it has reason to believe has violated and of the provisions of this act, and 

 after deducting the costs of the trial and conviction, to retain for the use 

 of such board the balance of the fine or fines recovered. 



