Chap. 146.—An ACT to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of imita-
tion butter.

Approved January 29, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That no person
by himself or his agents or servants shall render or manufacture, sell,
offer for sale, expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to 8 Al,
any article, product, or compound, made wholly or partly from any fat,
oll or oleaginous substance or compound thereof, not produced from un-
adulterated milk or cream of the same, which shall be in imitation of
yellow butter produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream of the
same: provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit
the manufacture or sale of oleomargerine, butterine or kindred com-
pounds in a separate and distinct form, and in such manner as will ad-
vise the customer of its real character, free from coloration or ingredient
that causes it to look like butter.

2. That it shall be unlawful for any keeper or proprietor of any
bakery, hotel, tavern, licensed boarding house, restaurant, saloon, lunch
counter, or place of public entertainment, to use oleomargerine, butter-
ine or kindred compound either in baking, making or cooking of bread,
cakes, ples, crackers, meat, fish, fowl or other edibles; or to serve the
same to guests or patrons, without first posting and exhibiting in their
respective bakeries, stores, restaurants and dining rooms In a conspicu-
ous public place, in large Roman letters not less than one inch square, a
sign or placard, with this inscription: Imitation butter used here.

"3. Whoever violates any of the provisions of section one or two of
this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail of the
county or corporation in which the offence is committed for a term not
exceeding six months.

4. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction to impose the penalty
herein prescribed.