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has entered into its composition. Provided, That nothing in this 

 act shall be so construed as to prevent the use of harmless color- 

 ing matter in butter or cheese, or other articles of food. 



Section 5. Any person convicted of violating any pro- 

 visions of any of the foregoing sections of this act shall, for the 

 first offense, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more 

 than two hundred ; for the second offense he shall be fined not 

 less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, or 

 confined in the county jail not less than one months nor more 

 than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court ; and 

 for the third and all subsequent offenses he shall be fined not less 

 than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, 

 and imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor 

 more than five years. 



Section 6, which makes ignorance of the provisions of the 

 law a defense against prosecution, is repealed in the food com- 

 mission bill . 



Section 7. The State's Attorneys of this state are charged 

 with the enforcement of this act, and it is hereby made their 

 duty to appear for the people, and to attend to the prosecution 

 of all complaints under this act, in their respective counties, in 

 all courts. 



Section 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the 

 provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Laws of 1897, page 3 (Revised Statutes, Chapter 38, Sec- 

 tions 39d-39n). 



AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of substitutes for 

 butter. (Approved June 14, 1897). 



Section 1. That for the purpose of this act every article, 

 substitute, or compound other than that which is produced from 

 pure milk or cream therefrom, made in the semblance of butter 



