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through any person who was knowingly a party to such wrongful sale or 

 contract. 



Sec. 9. Whoever shall deface, erace, 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 misdemeanor. 



Sec. 10. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall 

 be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred 

 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty days, 

 for each offense, or by both fine and imprisonment, 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 attorney 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, which shall be taxed as costs in the case. 



AN ACT to protect the public from imposition in relation to canned or 

 preserved food. (Approved June 27, 1885.) 



Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful in this State for any 

 packer or dealer in preserved or canned fruits and vegetables or other 

 articles of food to offer such canned articles for sale after January 1, 1886, 

 with the exception of goods brought from foreign countries, or packed 

 prior to the passage of this act, unless such articles bear a mark to indi- 

 cate the grade or quality, together with the name and address of such firm, 

 person, or corporation that packed the same or dealer who sells the same. 

 The firm, person, or corporation labeling such goods shall be considered 

 the packer or packers. 



Sec. 3. Any person, firm, or corporation, who shall falsely stamp or 

 labed such cans or jars containing preserved fruit or food of any kind, or 

 knowingly permit such false stamping or labeling, and any person, firm, 

 or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be 



