Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. ^^'^ 



this Act : Provided, that this section shall not be deemed to ap- 

 ply to 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. 



Sec. 7. Whoever shall have possessioii or control of any 

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

 stitute 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. 



Sec. 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. 



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

 provided by this Act, with intent to mislead, deceive, or to vio- 

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

 demeanor. 



Sec. 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 person in the name of the People of the State of Illinois as 

 plaintiff. 



Sec. 11. 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, 1897. 

 Ai.F'RED H. JoNKS^ Commissioner. 

 H. E. ScHUKNECHT, Assistant Commissioner. 

 T. J. Bryan, Ph. D., State Analyst. 



