THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 297 



Oleomargarine Law, 



An Act to regulate the manufacture and sale of substitutes for 



butter. 



Section I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illi- 

 nois, represented in the General Assembly : That for the purpose 

 of this Act, every article, substitute or compound or any other 

 than (that) which is produced from pure milk or cream there- 

 from, made in the semblance of butter and designed to be used 

 as a substitute for butter made from pure milk or its cream, is 

 hereby declared to be imitation butter : Provided, that the use of 

 salt and harmless coloring matter for coloring the product of pure 

 milk or cream shall not be construed to render such product an 

 imitation. 



Section 2. No person shall coat; powder or color with an- 

 nato or any coloring matter whatever, any substances designed 

 as a substitute for butter, whereby such substitute or product so 

 colored or compounded shall be made to resemble butter, the pro- 

 duct of the dairy. 



No person shall combine any animal fat or vegetable oil or 

 other substance with butter, or combine therewith, or with ani- 

 mal fat or vegetable oil, or combination of the two, or with 

 either one, any other substance or substances, for the purpose or 

 with the effect of imparting thereto a yellow color or any shade 

 of yellow so that such substitute shall resemble yellow or any 

 shade of genuine yellow butter, nor introduce any such coloring 

 matter or such substance or substances into any of the articles of 

 which the same is composed : Provided, nothing in this Act 

 shall be construed to prohibit the use of salt, rennet and harm- 

 less coloring matter for coloring the products of pure milk or 

 cream from the same. 



No person shall, by himself, his agents, or employes produce 

 or manufacture any substance in imitation, or semblance of natu- 



