Penalty for violation. can, pail or package containing the same be distinctly branded or labeled with the true and appropriate name; nor shall any person offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or sell any cane syrup or beet syrup mixed with glucose unless the barrel, cask, keg, can, pail or package containing the same be distinctly branded or labeled "Glucose Mixture" or "Corn Syrup," in plain Gothic type not less than three-eighths of an inch square, with the name and percentage by weight of each ingredient contained therein plainly stamped, branded or stenciled on each package in plain Gothic letters not less than one-quarter of an inch square. Each and every package of syrup either simple or mixed shall bear the name and address of the manufacturer. Such mixtures or syrups shall have no other designation or brand than herein required that represents or is the name of any article which contains a saccharine substance; and all brands or labels required shall be an inseparable part of the general or distinguishing label, and that the general or distinguishing label shall be that principal and conspicuous sign under which it is sold. (C. L., 6472) Sec. 2. Whoever shall do any of the acts or things prohibited, or neglect or refuse to do any of the acts or things required by this act, or in any way violate any of the provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. How pack PRESERVATIVES. (Act No. 7, Public Acts, 1905.) AN ACT in relation to the use of preservatives in food products. (C. L., 6517) Section 1. The People of the State of ages labeled, Michigan enact, No person, firm or corporation shall manua preservative. facture, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his pos containing session with intent to sell, any food product containing benzoic acid or benzoate of sodium, or any other harmless preservative, unless each and every package containing the same shall, in the condition in which it is exposed for sale, be distinctly, conspicuously, and legibly branded, labeled or marked, in plain English letters, with the words "Prepared with" followed by the proper English name of the preserva tive used: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be con- Proviso. strued to prohibit or regulate, by branding or otherwise, the use as a preservative of common salt, syrup, sugar, salt petre, spices, alcohol, vinegar, or wood smoke: And provided further, Further proviso. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to dairy products. violation. (C. L., 6518) Sec. 2. Whoever shall do any of the acts or Penalty for things prohibited, or neglect or refuse to do any of the acts or things required by this act, or in any way violate any of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. (Act No. 170, Public Acts, 1893 AN ACT to prohibit the adulteration of maple sugar, maple molasses and maple syrup. sell adulter (C. L., 6468) Sec. 1. Sec. 1. The People of the State of Unlawful to Michigan enact, That it shall be unlawful for any person, ated maple dealer, firm, manufacturer or corporation to manufacture sugar, etc. and sell, or offer for sale, any maple sugar, maple molasses or maple syrup that is in anywise adulterated with common sugar, beet sugar, glucose or any other foreign substance without distinctly marking, stamping or labeling the article or the package containing the same with the true and appropriate name of such article and the percentage in which common sugar, beet sugar, glucose or any other foreign substance enters into the composition of the same. (C. L., 6469) Sec. 2. Any person, dealer, firm, manu- Violation a facturer or corporation who shall sell or offer for sale, and misdemeanor. who shall falsely stamp or misrepresent or label any cans, jugs, jars, or packages containing maple molasses or maple syrup, and any person, dealer, firm, manufacturer or corporation who shall sell or offer for sale any maple sugar that is in anywise adulterated, who falsely misrepresents or labels or stamps the same, or knowingly permits such misrepresentation or false stamping or labeling, shall be deemed guilty of Penalty. a misdemeanor and punished with a fine not less than fifty dollars, in case of vendor, and in case of manufacturers and those falsely or fraudulently stamping or labeling or misrepresenting such goods, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and it shall Penalty for ing, etc be the duty of any board of health in this State, or food commissioner, should there be one, cognizant of any violation of this act to prosecute any person, dealer, firm, manufacturer, or corporation, which it has reason to believe has violated any of the provisions of this act, and after deducting the costs of trial and conviction the balance of fine recovered, one-half be placed in the township treasury wherein the conviction is made, the balance placed to the general fund of the county. Any (person) persons, dealer, firm, manufacturer or corporation who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any cans, jugs, jars, or packages containing maple molasses, maple syrup, or maple sugar, that is in anywise adulterated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. (C. L., 6470) Sec. 3. Any person, dealer, firm, manufalsely stamp- facturer, or corporation, who shall falsely stamp or misrepresent or label any cans, jugs, jars, or packages, containing maple molasses, or maple syrup, or maple sugar, that is in anywise adulterated, or knowingly permits such (misrepresentation) misrepresentations or false stamping or labeling, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine, not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both such fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Certain mill products. MILL PRODUCTS. (Act No. 208, Public Acts, 1909.) AN ACT to establish uniform weights and measures of the various products of cereals in barrels or the fractional parts thereof when packed for sale or exposed for sale to firms or persons within this State, and to provide for the marking of the weight on packages of the products of such cereals. (C. L., 6260) Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, When mill products of wheat, corn, rye or buckwheat, known as flour, grits, meal or compounds of the same are placed or packed in barrels, fractional parts of a barrel or sacks to be sold or billed to any person or persons within this State, the standard weight or measure of a barrel or the fractional part thereof shall be as follows, viz: One hundred ninety-six pounds for a barrel; Standard weights. Twenty-four and one-half pounds for one-eighth barrel; Twelve and one-fourth pounds for one-sixteenth barrel; Six and one-eighth pounds for one thirty-second barrel. The full and correct weights as herein established shall be Weight to be placed on placed in said barrel or fractional part thereof by the manu- barrel, etc. facturer, company, dealer, person or persons filling the same, and the weights as herein established shall be the legal weights in this State for such packages when they are bought or sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in possession with intent to sell, or sold and delivered, ordered or billed. unlawful. package, how (C. L., 6261) Sec. 2. No person or persons shall sell, Short weight offer or expose for sale in this State by the barrel, or by the fractional parts of a barrel as herein established, any of the mill products specified in section one hereof, unless the barrel or fractional part of such barrel shall contain the full weight of such mill product as is provided for in section one hereof. (C. L., 6262) Sec. 3. Before any package containing the Face label on mill products or compounds of such mill products specified printed, etc. in section one of this act shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale in this State, the number of pounds contained therein shall be plainly printed or stamped on the face label in plain English letters and numbers not less than one-half inch high. When such packages are sold as one-half, one-quarter, oneeighth, one-sixteenth or one-thirty-second of a barrel they shall be so marked in addition to the number of pounds marked thereon as herein provided. unlawful. (C. L., 6263) Sec. 4. No manufacturer, company, dealer Abstraction or person shall abstract any part of the mill products from the standard package or fractional parts named in section one, and sell such package as a barrel or fractional part of a barrel as defined in section one. clause. (C. L., 6264) Sec. 5. Sec. 5. Any manufacturer, company, dealer, Penalty person or persons who shall knowingly sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution in this State any package containing mill products of the cereals enumerated in section one which are stamped or labelled with a greater number of pounds than such package actually contains, or who shall put up or sell in this State any of the mill products of the above named cereals in a manner contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail or the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia for not less than ninety days nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court for each and every offense: Provided, however, That nothing in this Sale or shipact shall be construed to cover or affect sales or shipments state. made to any manufacturer, company, dealer, person, or per ment outside Duty of commissioner. Act when effective. sons outside of this State and not intended for sale or shipment back into this State. (C. L., 6265) Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) to investigate all complaints of violations of this act, and to take all steps necessary to its enforcement. It shall be the duty of all prosecuting officers of this State to prosecute to completion all suits brought under the provisions of this act upon complaint of said commissioner or any person. (C. L., 6266) Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be operative from and after January first, nineteen hundred ten. (See Act No. 13, P. A. 1921.) Requirements. LINSEED OR FLAXSEED OIL. (Act No. 110, Public Acts, 1909.) AN ACT to prevent the adulteration of linseed oil or flaxseed oil and to prevent fraud in the sale thereof and in the sale of compounds thereof, and to repeal all acts in conflict herewith. (C. L., 6321) Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, No person, firm or corporation, by himself, his servant, or his agent, or as the servant or agent or any other person, firm or corporation, shall manufacture or mix for sale, sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in his posession with intent to sell in this State, under the name of raw linseed oil or raw flaxseed oil, any substance which is not wholly the product obtained from well cleaned flaxseed or linseed, and unless the aforesaid oil also fulfills the require ments of the nineteen hundred edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, which follows: 1. Specific gravity 0.925 to 0.935 at 25 deg. C. (77 deg. F.) It does not congeal at temperatures above 20 deg. C. (-4 deg. F.) It is soluble in about ten parts of absolute alcohol and in all proportions in ether, chloroform, petroleum, benzine, carbon disulphide and oil of turpentine. It should not more than slightly redden blue litmus paper, previously moistened with alcohol (limit of free acid). The oil should be completely saponifiable with alcoholic potassium hydroxide T. S. and the resulting soap should be completely soluble in water without leaving an oily residue, absence of mineral oils and rosin oils). If 2 CC. of the oil be warmed and shaken in a test tube with an equal volume of glacial acetic acid, and if to this mixture, after cooling, one drop of sl phuric acid be added, a greenish color should be produced. (A violet color under these circumstances indicates the |