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 194 rirrr-snvmvrn coxcanss. sm. 1. cH. 784. 1902. ‘ use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall, upon the arrival within the limits of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, enacted in the exercise of its police powers to the same extent and in the same manner as though such articles or substances had been produced in such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason mW_ of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. $01.24,p. M. Sec. 2. That the first clause of section three of an Act entitled "An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty —six, be amended ` by addinlg tpepeto after the word "oleomargarine," at the end of said c ause, the ol owin wor s: m:·°.fé`1i;°el1`lr°” fm" "And any persougthat sells, vends, or furnishes oleomargarine for the use and consumption of others, except to his own family table without com nsation, who shall add to or mix with such oleomargarine any artificialpdoloration that causes it to look like butter of any shade of yellow shall also be held to be a manufacturer of oleomargarine ‘ wit in the meaning of said Act, and subject to the provisions thereof. " _ Section three of said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the mwumgouly following: "Provided further, That wholesale dealers who vend no ¤¤°°l°¤*d l>¤*¤¤‘· other oleomargarine or butterine except that upon which a tax of onefourth of one per cent r pound is im sed by this Act, as amended, shall pay two hundred dollars; and sucliwretail dealers as vend no other oleomargarine or butterine except that upon which is imposed b this Actaapbamepded, a tax of one-fourth of one cent per pound shall pay six 0 rs. ‘ m_’”“°°“"°*'*"°*°* Sec. 3. That section eight of an Act entitled "An Act defining but- V¤1.24,1>.¤». ter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, an exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be, and the same is hereby, _ amended so as to read as follows: °"°1°°"“‘"*‘“‘“°· “Sec. 8. That upon oleomargarine which shall be manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a tax of ten cents per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof; and any fractional part of a pound in a package shall be taxed M mmmu, as a pound: Provided, W'hen oleomargarine is free from artificial Wgé.:-fj; coloration that causes it to look like butter of any shade of yellow said n. s., rms xxxv, tax shall be one—fourth of one cent per pound. he tax levied by this °“·“· section shall be represented by coupon stamps; and the provisions of existing laws overning the engravin, issue, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps rdlating to tobacco and snuff, as Ear is applicable, are hereby made to apply to stamps provided for y t is section." $§}f$j,d,jf“;,g‘*· Sec. 4. That for the purpose of this Act " butter" is hereby defined ` to mean an article of food as defined in "An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, an exportation of oleomargarine,” a proved August second, ““"""°" °““°’· eighteen hundred and eighty-six; that “adullterated butter " is hereby defined to mean a grade of butter produced by mixing, reworking, rechurning in milk or cream, refining, or in any way producing a uniform, (purified, or improved product from different lots or parcels of meltc or unmelted butter or butter fat, in which any acid, alkali, chemical, or any substance whatever is introduced or used for the urpose or with the effect of deodorizing or removing therefrom rancidity, or any butter or butter fat with which there is mixed any substance foreign to butter as herein defined, with intent or effect of cheapening in cost the product or any butter in the manufacture or manipulation of which any process or material is used with intent or effect of caus-