^ebra^vTioorf1'}     Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law  °f  Vermont.  89 
First.  In  the  case  of  mixtures  or  compounds  which  may  be  now 
or  from  time  to  time  hereafter  known  as  articles  of  food,  under  their 
own  distinctive  names,  and  not  an  imitation  of  or  offered  for  sale 
under  the  distinctive  name  of  another  article,  if  the  name  be  accom- 
panied on  the  same  label  or  brand  with  a  statement  of  the  place 
where  said  article  had  been  manufactured  or  produced. 
Second.  In  the  case  of  articles  labeled,  branded  or  tagged  so  as 
to  plainly  indicate  that  they  are  compounds,  imitations  or  blend, 
and  the  word  l<  compound,"  "  imitation,"  or  "  blend,"  as  the  case 
may  be,  is  plainly  stated  on  the  package  in  which  it  is  offered  for 
sale  ;  provided  that  the  term  "  blend  "  as  used  herein  shall  be  con- 
strued to  mean  a  mixture  of  like  substances,  not  excluding  harmless 
coloring  or  flavoring  ingredients  used  for  the  purpose  of  coloring 
and  flavoring  only ;  and  provided  further,  that  nothing  in  this  act 
shall  be  construed  as  requiring  or  compelling  proprietors  or  manu- 
facturers of  proprietary  foods  which  contain  no  unwholesome  added 
ingredients  to  disclose  their  trade  formulas,  except  in  so  far  as  the 
provisions  of  this  act  may  require  to  secure  freedom  from  adultera- 
tion or  misbranding. 
Sec.  4.  Section  13  of  No.  143  of  the  acts  of  1904,  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz. : 
Sec.  13.  An  apothecary,  druggist  or  other  person  who  sells 
arsenic,  corrosive  sublimate,  nux  vomica,  chloroform,  strychnine, 
morphine,  opium,  cocaine,  carbolic  acid  or  prussic  acid,  or  its  salts, 
shall,  at  the  time  of  such  sale,  make  a  record  of  such  sale  in  a  book 
kept  for  that  purpose,  specifying  the  kind  and  quantity  of  the  article 
sold,  and  the  time  when  and  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  such 
sale  is  made,  which  record  shall  be  open  to  health  officers,  members 
of  the  State  Board  of  Health  and  State  officials  who  may  wish  to 
examine  the  same. 
Sec.  5.  Section  20  of  No.  143  of  the  acts  of  1904,  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz. : 
Sec.  20.  Justices  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  with  the 
county  court  of  offences  under  this  act  to  the  extent  of  fining  the 
respondent  fifty  dollars,  or  may  bind  him  over  for  trial  by  county 
court.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State's  attorney  to  whom  the 
State  Board  of  Health  shall  report  a  violation  of  this  act  to  cause 
proceedings  to  be  commenced  and  prosecuted  in  the  proper  court 
without  delay,  for  the  enforcement  of  the  penalties  as  in  such  case 
herein  provided. 
