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HOW OLEOMARGARINE MUST BE PACKED AND SOLD. 



Sec. 6. That all oleomargarine shall lie packed by the manufacturer 

 thereof in firkins, tubs, or other wooden packages not before used for that 

 purpose, each containing not less than ten pounds, and marked, stamped, 

 and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval 

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe; and all sales made by 

 manufacturers of oleomargarine and wholesale dealers in oleomargarine 

 .shall be in original stamped packages. Re:ail dealers in oleomargarine 

 must sell only from original stamped packages in quantities not exceeding 

 ten pounds, and shall pack the oleomargarine sold by them in suit- 

 able wooden or paper packages which shall be marked and branded as 

 the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary 

 of* the Treasury, shall prescribe. Every person who knowingly sells or 

 offers for sale, or delivers or offers to delivei. any oleomargarine in any 

 other form than in new wooden or paper packages as above described, or 

 who packs in any package or affixes a stamp on any package denoting a 

 less amount of tax than that required by law, shall be fined for each 

 offense not more than one thousand dollars and be imprisoned not more 

 than two years. 



LABEL TO BE PASTED ON EACH PACKAGE. 

 Sec. 7. That every manufacturer of oleomargarine shall securely 

 affix, by pasting, on each package containing oleomargarine manufactur- 

 ed by him, a label on which shall be primed, besides the number of the 

 manufactory and the district and state in which it is situated, these words: 

 "'Notice — The manufacturer of the oleomargarine herein contained has 

 complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cautioned not 

 to use either this package again or the stamp thereon again, nor to remove 

 the contents of this package without destroying said stamp, under the pen- 

 alty provided by law in such cases." Every manufacturer of oleomargar- 

 ine who neglects to affix such label to any package containing oleomargar- 

 ine made by him. or sold or offered for sale by or for him, and every per- 

 son who removes any such label so aflixed from any such package, shall be 

 fined fifty dollars for each package in respecc to which such offense is com- 

 mitted. 



TEN CENT TAX IMPOSED ON THE MANUFACTURED ARTICLE. 



Sec. 8. That upon oleomargarine which shall be manufactured and 

 sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and col- 



