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.

PRESERVATIVES.

(Act No. 7, Public Acts, 1905.)

AN ACT in relation to the use of preservatives in food products.

110. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his possession 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 preservative used: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed 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, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to dairy products.

111. 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 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.

112. (5007) Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be unlawful for any person, dealer, firm, manufacturer or corporation to manufacture 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.

113. (5008) Sec. 2. Any person, dealer, firm, manufacturer or corporation who shall sell or offer for sale, and 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 a misdemeanor and punished with a fine not less than fifty dollars, in case of vender, and in the case of manufacturers and those falsely or fraudulently stamping or labeling or misrepre

senting such goods, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and it shall 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.

114. (5009) Sec. 3. Any person, dealer, firm, manufacturer, 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.

ICE CREAM.

(Act No. 70, Public Acts, 1909.)

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of ice cream within the limits of the State of Michigan.

115. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, keep for sale, sell, barter, exchange or deal in ice cream which shall contain any substance other than milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and some neutral flavoring gelatin or vegetable gums or which contain other than the required amount of milk fat as hereinafter provided.

116. Sec. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, keep for sale, sell, barter, or deal in ice cream adulterated within the meaning of this act. 117. Sec. 3. Ice cream shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act:

First, If it shall contain boric acid, formaldehyde, saccharin, or any other added substance or compound that is deleterious to health;

Second, If it shall contain salts of copper, iron oxide, ocres or any coloring substance deleterious to health: Provided, That this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the use of harmless coloring matter in ice cream when not used for fraudulent purposes;

Third, If it shall contain any deleterious flavoring matter, or flavoring matter not true to name;

Fourth, If it be an imitation of, or offered for sale under the name of another article;

Fifth, If it contains less than ten per centum milk fat, except where fruit or nuts are used for the purpose of flavoring when it shall not contain less than eight per centum milk fat. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the use of not to exceed seven-tenths of one

per centum of pure gelatin, gum tragacanth or other vegetable gums.

[Am. by Act No. 224, P. A. 1913.]

118. Sec. 4. The standard of ice cream in this state and for the purpose of this act is hereby declared to be a frozen product made from milk, cream, eggs and sugar with or without a natural flavoring and the gums mentioned in the preceding section and contains not less than ten per cent of milk fat. Fruit ice cream is a frozen product made from milk, cream, eggs and sugar and sound, clean, mature fruits, and contains not less than eight per cent of milk fat. Nut ice cream is a frozen product made from milk, cream, eggs, sugar and sound, non-rancid nuts, and contains not less than eight per cent of milk fat.

[Am. by Act No. 224, P. A. 1913.]

119. Sec. 5. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any ice cream in any container which is falsely labeled or branded as to the name of the manufacturer thereof or to misrepresent in any way the place of manufacture of ice cream or the manufacturer thereof.

120. Sec. 6. Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture of ice cream as a business within this State, after this act shall take effect, shall file with the Dairy and Food Commissioner an application for a license accompanied with a fee of five dollars, and upon receipt of such application the Dairy and Food Commissioner shall issue to the person, firm or corporation making such application a license to manufacture ice cream, as provided in this act, which license shall run for one year from the date of the application, and shall be renewed annually thereafter.

The money so collected by the Dairy and Food Commissioner shall be paid into the State treasury and be