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rennet, and harmless coloring matter for coloring the products 

 of pure milk or cream from the same. 



No person shall, by himself, his agents, or employes, pro- 

 duce or manufacture any substance in imitation or semblance of 

 natural butter, nor sell, nor keep for sale, nor offer for sale any 

 imitation butter, made or manufactured, compounded or pro- 

 duced in violation of this section, whether such butter shall be 

 made or produced in this state or elsewhere. This section shall 

 not be construed to prohibit the manufacture and sale, under 

 the regulations hereinafter provided, of substances designed to 

 be used as a substitute for butter and not manufactured or 

 colored as herein prohibited. 



Section 3. Every person who lawfully manufactures any 

 substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter shall 

 mark by branding, stamping, or stenciling upon the top and 

 sides of each tub, firkin, box, or other package in which said 

 article shall be kept and in which it shall be removed from the 

 place where it is produced, in a clean and durable manner, in 

 the English language, the word "Oleomargarine," or the word 

 "Butterine," or the words "Substitute for Butter," or the woro» 

 "Imitation 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 

 substance sold or offered for sale is imitation butter. 



Section 5 : No person, by himself for another, 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, or other package containing the same, as provided in this 

 act, and unless it be consigned by the carrier 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. 



