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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 provided.

245. Branding.

SEC. 3. Every person who lawfully manufactures any substances designed to be used as a substitute for butter, shall mark by branding, stamping or stenciling upon the top and side of each box, tub, firkin or other package in which such article shall be kept and in which it shall be removed from the place where it is produced, in a clear and durable manner, in the English language, the word "oleomargarine," or the word "butterine," or the words "substitute for butter," or the words "imitation butter," in printed letters in plain Roman type, each of which shall not be less than threequarters of an inch in length.

246. Notice to Purchaser.

SEC. 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 the substance sold or offered for sale is imitation butter.

247. Shipment, Marking.

SEC. 5. No person, by himself or others, 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 jar, or other package containing the same, as provided in this Act, and unless it be consigned by the carriers 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.

248. Unmarked Package, Possession.

SEC. 6. No person shall have in his possession or under his control any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, unless the tub, firkin, jar, box or other package containing the same be clearly and durably marked, as provided in this Act: Provided, that this section shall not be deemed to apply to persons who have the same in their possession for the actual consumption of themselves [or] their families. Every person who shall have possession or control of any imitation butter for the purpose of selling the same, which is not marked as required by the provisions of this Act, shall be presumed to have known during the time of such possession or control the true character and name, as fixed by this Act, of such product.

249. Unmarked Substance, Intention.

SEC. 7. Whoever shall have possession or control of any imitation butter or any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, contrary to the provisions of this Act, for the purpose of selling the same, or offering the same for sale, shall be held to have possession of such property with intent to use it in violation of this Act.

250. Actions, Parties.

SEC. 8. No action shall be maintained on account of any sale or contract made in violation of, or with intent to violate, this Act, by or through any person who was knowingly a party to such wrongful sale or contract.

251. Removing Marks.

SEC. 9. Whoever shall deface, erase 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.

252. Penalty, Prosecutions.

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

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ment of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction sha be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, ($50.00) for more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00 for the second cffense, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and for a third offense by a fine not less than five hundred dollars ($58.00 - DI more than sixty (60) days' imprisonment, or both.

AN ACT to prevent frauds in the coloring of grain. Approved May 25, in force July 1, 1857. Laws 1887, p. 91.

258. Grain, Coloring.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre sented in the General Assembly: That no person shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any barley, wheat or other grain, to fumigation, by sulphur, or other material, or to any chemical or coloring process, whereby the eclor. quality or germ of such grain is affected.

259. Colored Grain, Sale.

SEC. 2. No person shall offer for sale, or procure to be sold, any barley. wheat, or other grain, which shall have been subjected to such fumigation. or other process, as provided in section one (1) of this Act, knowing such barley, wheat, or other grain to have been so subjected.

260. Violation, Penalty.

SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this Act, shall, upon ecoviction, be punished by fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding three months in the county jail, and shall also be liable for all damages sustained by any person injured by such violation.

261. Prosecution, Jurisdiction. Fines.

SEC. 4. Any court of record shall have jurisdiction over this Act, and all fines under this Act, shall be collected as the statute provides in other criminal cases.

AN ACT to protect the public from imposition in relation to canned or preserved food. Approved June 27, in force July 1, 1885. Laws 1885, p. 207.

262. Canned Goods. Labeling. Packer Defined.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: 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 indicate the grade or quality. together with the name and address of such firm, person or corporation that pack the same or dealer who sells the same. The firm, person or corporation labeling such goods shall be considered the packer or packers.

263. Soaked Goods, Branding.

SEC. 2. That all soaked goods put up from products dried before canning shall be plainly branded on the face of the label, in letters not less than one-half inch high and three-eights inch wide of solid and legible type the word "soaked."

264. Violation, Penalty.

SEC. 3. Any person, firm or corporation, who shall falsely stamp or label 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 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished with a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), in the case of vendors, and in the case of manufacturers and those falsely or fraudulently stamping or labeling such cans or jars a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand

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SEC. 42. When the rendition of the judgment imposes a fine as provided in any of the sections of this Act, it shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or other court rendering such judgment also to render a judgment for costs and such justice of the peace or other court shall forthwith issue a capias or warrant of commitment against the body of the defendant, commanding that unless the said fine and costs be forthwith paid the defendant shall be committed to the jail of the county and the constable or other officer, to whose hands said capias or warrant shall come, shall in default of such payment, arrest the defendant and commit him to the jail of the county, thereto remain as provided in section 171 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," in force July 1, 1885, unless such fines and costs shall sooner be paid.

SEC. 43. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed: Provided, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as repealing the act entitled, "An Act to regulate the manufacture and sale of substitutes for butter," approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, or any part thereof.

AN ACT to prevent the preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, or distributing of food intended for sale, or sale of food, under unsanitary, unhealthful or unclean conditions or surroundings, to create a sanitary inspection, to declare that such conditions shall constitute a nuisance, and, to provide for the enforcement thereof. Approved June 5, 1911, in force July 1, 1911. L. 1911, p. 528.

218. Manufacturing Establishments, Lighting, Draining and Ventilating.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every building, room, basement, enclosure or premises, occupied, used or maintained as a bakery, confectionery, cannery, packing house, slaughter house, creamery, cheese factory, restaurant, hotel, grocery, meat market, or as a factory, shop, warehouse, any public or place or manufacturing establishment used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale or distribution of any food as defined by statute, which is intended for sale, shall be properly and adequately lighted, drained, plumbed and ventilated, and shall be conducted with strict regard to the influence of such conditions upon the health of the operatives, employees, clerks, or other persons therein employed, and the purity and wholesomeness of the food therein produced, prepared, manufactured, packed, stored, sold or distributed.

219. Unsanitary Condition Defined.

SEC. 2. The floors, side walls, ceilings, furniture, receptacles, implements and machinery of every such establishment or place where such food intended for sale is produced, prepared, manufactured, packed, stored, sold or distributed, and all cars, trucks, and vehicles used in the transportation of such food products, shall at no time be kept or permitted to remain in an unclean, unhealthful or unsanitary condition; and for the purpose of this Act, unclean, unhealthful and unsanitary conditions shall be deemed to exist if food in the process of production, preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, sale, distribution or transportation is not securely protected from flies, dust, dirt, and as far as may be necessary, by all reasonable means, from all other foreign or injurious contamination; or if the refuse, dirt or waste products subject to decomposition and fermentation incident to the manufacture, preparation, packing, storing, selling, distributing, or transportation of such food are not removed daily, or if all trucks, trays, boxes, buckets or other receptacles, or the chutes, platforms, racks, tables, shelves, and knives, saws, cleavers or other utensils, or the machinery used in

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