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 deleterious to health and dangerous to life, and to the detriment of the production and manufactories of the United States.

Therefore Resolved, That Congress, now in session, be requested so to amend the revenue laws as to require every article imported, whether dutiable or free, intended for human consumption, to contain a true label of its contents, subject to confiscation by default.

COLORADO.

Several acts of importance and interest mark the legislation of Colorado during the past year. One provides that if any banker or bank officer, employe [sic] of any banker, etc., shall receive or assent to the receiving of any deposit, or shall create or assent to the creation of any debts or indebtedness by any banker or banking institution, with knowledge of the insolvency of said banker or banking institution, he shall be deemed guilty of larcencylarceny [sic]. And the failure of any such banker or banking institution, within thirty days after the reception of such deposit or the creation of such indebtedness, shall be, primâ [sic] facie evidence of such knowledge.

By another, every officer, agent, or employe [sic] of a bank or banking institution, organized and doing business under the laws of Colorado, who receives and assents to the reception of deposits, or creates or assents to the creation of any indebtedness by such bank or banking institution, after having knowledge that it is insolvent, shall be individually responsible for such deposits so received, and such indebtedness so created; and the fact that the bankingbank [sic] or banking institution was insolvent or in failing circumstances when the deposit was made, or said indebtedness was created, shall be primâ [sic] facie evidence of such fact and assent on the part of such officer or employe [sic].

An act for the preservation of the health of females employed in manufacturing, mechanical, and mercantile establishments, provides that every person, corporation, or company, employing females in their establishment in Colorado, shall provide