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to any persons who have the same in their possession for the 

 actual consumption of themselves (or) their families. Every 

 person who shall have possession or control of 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 possession or control the true 

 character and name, as fixed by this Act, of such product. 



Section 7. Whoever shall have possession or control of any 

 imitation butter or any substance designed to be used as a substi- 

 tute for butter, contrary to the provisions of this Act, for the 

 purpose of selling the same, or offering the same for sale shall 

 be held to have possession of such property with intent to use it 

 in violation of this Act. 



Section 8. No action shall be maintained on account of any 

 sale or contract made in violation of, or with intent to violate, 

 this Act, by or through any person who was knowingly a party 

 to such wrongful sale or contract. 



Section 9. Whoever shall deface, erase or remove any 

 mark provided by this Act, with intent to mislead, deceive, or to 

 violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor. 



Section 10. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions 

 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor 

 more than $200, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to 

 exceed 60 days for each offense, or by both fine and imprison- 

 ment, 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 committed, at the instance of any per- 

 son in the name of the People of the State of Illinois as plain- 

 tiff. 



Section 1 1. It is hereby made the duty of the State's Attor- 

 ney 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 ($10), which shall be taxed 

 as costs in the case. 



Approved June 14, 1897, in. force July 1, 197. 



