238 DuTCH MARGARINE LEGISLATION. 

windows nearest both sides of the door, in distinct letters 
and clearly visible to the public. Similar inscriptions are 
obligatory for margarine factories, as also for warehouses 
and buildings where the article is stored. When butter 
and margarine are kept in stock in the same shop, or in 
any other place of sale accessible to the public, the last- 
‘named article must either be kept in a separate part of the 
premises, or be divided from the butter by a partition dis- 
tinctly visible to the buyers. 
Neither on the article itself nor on the package containing 
it may any other letters than the word “ margarine ” appear, 
except the name or the initials of the maker, of the sales- 
man, and of the place of origin, and the indications of the 
quality of the article generally employed in the trade. In 
the case of margarine despatched to an address, no addi- 
tional words must be put on the outer package except the 
address of the person for whom the article is intended, and 
the marks which, according to the custom of the trade, are 
necessary for the transport. ) 
A person convicted twice within two years of offences 
against the foregoing provisions is prohibited, without 
special permission, to expose for sale butter and margarine 
at the same time in the same shop, or any other place of sale 
accessible to the public, or in the same market. 
Certain specialofficials, known as butter-inspectors andassist- 
-ant butter-inspectors, together with other officials of the State 
and Communal Police, are charged with enforcing this law, 
and these officials are to have access to shops and other 
premises where butter and such like articles are publicly sold. 
The warehouses and conveyances in use by public carriers 
are aiso to be accessible at all times to the butter-inspectors. 
The officials charged with the execution of the law are 
empowered to take samples of butter and such-like articles 
‘in shops or other premises, or in course of delivery. They are 
also authorised to take samples of butter and articles resem- 
bling butter found on the premises of manufacturers of, or 
dealers in margarine, which are not provided with the 
required notices, but samples must not be taken of margarine 
marked as prescribed. Power is likewise given to these officers 
