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ural butter, nor sell nor keep for sale, nor offer for sale any imi- 

 tation butter, made or manufactured, compounded or produced ii) 

 violation of this section, whether such imitation butter shall be 

 made or produced in this State or elsewhere. 



This section shall not be construed to prohibit the manufac- 

 ture and sale, under the regulations hereinafter provided, of sub- 

 stances designed to be used, as a substitute for butter and not 

 manufactured or colored as herein provided. 



Section 3. Every person who lawfully manufactures any 

 substances designed to be used as a substitute for butter, shall 

 mark for branding, stamping or stenciling upon the top or side 

 of each box, tub, firkin or other package in which such article 

 shall be kept, and in which it shall be removed from the place 

 where it is produced, in a clear and durable manner in the Eng- 

 lish language, the word "oleomargarine," or the word "butter- 

 ine," or the words "substitute for butter," or the words "imita- 

 tion butter," in printed letters in plain roman type, each of which 

 shall not be less than three-quarters of an inch in length. 



Section 4. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any 

 imitation butter without informing the purchaser thereof, or the 

 person or persons to whom the same is offered for sale, that the 

 substance sold or offered for sale is imitation butter. 



Section 5. No person, by himself or_others, shall ship, 

 consign or forward by any common carrier, whether public or 

 private, any substance designed to be used as a substitute for 

 butter unless it shall be marked or branded on each tub, box, 

 firkin, jar or other package containing the same, as provided in 

 this Act, and unless it be consigned by the carriers and receipted 

 for by its true name: Provided, that this Act shall not apply 

 to any goods in transit between foreign states across the State .of 

 Illinois. 



Section 6. No person shall have in his possession or under 

 his control any substance designed to be used as a substitute for 

 butter, unless the tub, firkin, jar, box or other package contain- 

 ing the same be clearly and durably marked as provided in this 

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

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



