GENERAL LAWS.

CHAPTER 1.

(House Roll No. 3.)

[Introduced by Mr. Dobson.]

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled An act to provide for the encouragement of the manufactnre of sugar and chicory, and to provide a compensation therefor, being chapter one of the Session Laws of 1895.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska :

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SECTION 1. An act entitled an act to provide for Repealing the encouragement of the manufacture of sugar and ory bounty. chicory and to provide a compensation therefor, being chapter one of the Session Laws of 1895, be and the same hereby is repealed.

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CHAPTER 2.

(House Roll No. 29.)

[Introduced by Mr. Phelps.]

AN ACT to repeal sections Twenty-one (21), Twenty-two (22), Twenty-three (23), Twenty-four (24), Twenty-five (25), Twenty-six (26), Twenty-seven (27), Twenty-eight (28), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30), Thirty-one (31), Thirty-two (32), Thirty-three (33), Thirty-four (34), Thirtyfive (35) and Thirty-six (36) of Chapter Two (2), Article Four (4) of the Annotated Statutes of eighteen hundred and ninety-five of the State of Nebraska relating to Russian Thistles.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That sections Twenty-one (21), Twenty- Repealing Rustwo (22), Twenty-three (23), Twenty-four (24), sian thistle act. Twenty-five (25), Twenty-six (26), Twenty-seven (27), Twentyeight (28), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30), Thirty-one (31), Thirtytwo (32), Thirty-three (33), Thirty-four (34), Thirty-five (35) and Thirty-six (36) of Chapter Two (2), Article (4) of the Annotated Statutes of Nebraska, for eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 3.

(House Roll No. 150.)

[Introduced by Mr. O. Hull.]

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of cider, to prevent adulteration, deception, and fraud therein, and to provide penalties for violations thereof.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That no person, firm or company shall Pure cider. manufacture for sale, offer or expose for sale, sell or deliver, or have in his possession with intent to sell or deliver, any cider not in compliance with the provisions of this act. person, firm or company shall manufacture for sale, produce, sell, keep for sale or offer for sale as cider, any preparation of cider containing salicylic acid, formaline, preservit, anti-ferment, or any other drug, chemical or substance that does not belong to the apple in its natural state.

Defined.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this act cider shall be construed to mean pure apple juice, absolutely free from any foreign substance.

SEC. 3. No person, firm or company shall manufacture for sale, sell or keep for sale, or offer for sale any product or substance as cider or for cider which is not cider.

Adulterated cider.

SEC. 4. Any person, firm or company who shall manufacture for sale, sell or keep for sale, or offer for sale, any adulterated cider, shall plainly mark or brand on the head of each keg, cask or barrel, or package, "adulterated cider," together with the approximate proportion of each drug, chemical, or substance used in its contents.

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Duty of county SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the county attorney of each of the counties of this state, when complaint shall be made to him, that adulterated cider is being sold in his county to immediately inquire into the facts, and he or any deputy, assistant, or expert by him appointed shall have access to all places of business, factories, or buildings where cider is made for sale, or kept for sale, and shall have power to open any barrel, cask or other package believed to contain cider manufactured or for sale, or kept for sale in violation of the provisions of this act, and may inspect the same and take samples. for analysis, and if the investigation seems to sustain the charge, he shall forthwith file information and prosecute the offenders as in criminal cases.

SEC. 6. Whoever violates any of the provisions of Penalty. this act shall upon conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one hundred days, or both, for each offense, and pay the costs of prosecution, and shall further be adjudged to pay all necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspection and analysis of such cider.

CHAPTER 4.

(House Roll No. 142.)

[Introduced by Mr. O. Hull.]

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of vinegars, to prevent deception and fraud therein, and to provide penalties for violations thereof.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That no person, firm or company shall Pure vinegar. manufacture for sale, offer or expose for sale, sell or deliver, or have in his possession with intent to sell or deliver, any vinegar, not in compliance with the provisions of this act. No vinegar shall be sold as apple, orchard, or cider vinegar, which is not the legitimate product of pure apple juice, known as apple cider, or vinegar not made exclusively of said apple cider, or vinegar into which foreign substance, drugs, or acids have been introduced, or which upon proper test shall contain less than two per cent by weight of cider vinegar solids, upon full evaporation at the temperature of boiling water.

be marked.

SEC. 2. Every manufacturer or producer of cider Packages to vinegar, when offering it for sale, shall plainly mark or brand on the head of each cask, barrel, keg, or other package containing such vinegar, his name and place of business, and the words "cider vinegar," and no person shall label or brand as cider vinegar or for cider vinegar any package containing vinegar which is not cider vinegar.

SEC. 3. Every person, firm or company manufac- Other vinegars. turing for sale, keeping for sale, or offering for sale any of the so-called grain vinegars, wine vinegars, or fruit vinegars, shall place them on the market without artificial coloring, with a brand or label on each barrel, cask or other package clearly indicating the name and place of business of the manufacturing