SALE OF IMMATURE VEAL.

AN ACT to regulate the sale of veal. [Approved June 16, 1887. In force July 1, 1887. L. 1887, p. 307.]

489a. Selling meat of immature calf- penalty. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That if any person kills or causes to be killed, for the purposes of sale, any immature calf or any calf less than four weeks old, or knowingly sells, or has in his possession with intent to sell, for food, the meat of any immature calf, or of any calf killed when less than four weeks old, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and all such meat exposed for sale, or kept with intent to sell, may be seized and destroyed by any health officer or any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or police officer.

IMPOSITION AS TO CANNED OR PRESERVED FOOD. AN ACT to protect the public from imposition in relation to canned or preserved food. [Approved June 27, 1885. În force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p. 207.] *490. Quality and packer's name to be marked. SEC. 1. Be it enactod by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall hereafter be unlawful in this State for any packer or dealer in preserved or canned fruits and vegetables or other articles of food to offer such canned articles for sale after January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, with the exception of goods brought from foreign countries, or packed prior to the passage of this act, unless such articles bear a mark to indicate the grade or quality together with the name and address of such firm, person or corporation that pack the same or dealer who sells the same. The firm, person or corporation labeling such goods shall be considered the packer or

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*491. Brand for soaked goods. § 2. That all soaked goods put up from products dried before canning shall be plainly branded on the face of the label, in letters not less than one-half inch high and three-eighths inch wide of solid and legible type, the word “soaked. '. *492. False label or brand penalty. 3. Any person, firm or corporation, who shall falsely stamp or label such cans or jars containing preserved fruit or food of any kind, or knowingly permit such false stamping or labeling, and any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished with a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), in the case of vendors, and in the case of manufacturers and those falsely or fraudulently stamping or labeling such cans or jars a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and it shall be the duty of any board of health in this State cognizant of any violation of this act to prosecute any person, firm or corporation, which it has reason to believe has violated any of the provisions of this act, and, after deducting the costs of the trial and conviction, to retain for the use of such board the balance of the fine or fines recovered.

COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS; FRAUD IN.

AN ACT to prevent fraud in the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers. [Approved June 29, 1885 In force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p. .] *493. Packages - how marked. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That any person or company who shall offer, sell, or expose for sale, in this State, any commercial fertilizer, the price of which exceeds ten dollars a ton, shall affix to every package, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed certificate, stating the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer, and the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, in an available form of potash, soluble in water, and of phosphoric acid, in an available form (soluble or reverted), as well as the total phosphoric acid.

*494. Condition precedent to sale. § 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for sale, the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold or offered for sale, within the State of Illinois, shall file in the office of the Illinois State board of agriculture, a certified copy of the certificate referred to in section one of this act, and shall deposit with the secretary of said board of agriculture a sealed glass jar containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied with an affidavit that it is a fair average sample.

*495. License. 3. The manufacturer, importer or agent of any commercial fertilizer, exceeding ten dollars per ton in price, shall pay, annually, on or before the first day of May, a license fee of twenty dollars for the privilege of selling or offering for sale within the State, said fee to be paid to the treasurer of the Illinois State board of agriculture : Provided, That whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the license fee herein required, for any person acting as agent for such manufacturer or importer, such agents shall not be required to pay the fee named in this section.

*496. Annual analysis. § 4. All analyses of commercial fertilizers, sold within the State, shall be made under the direction of the Illinois State board of agriculture, and paid for out of the funds arising from license fees, as provided for in section three; at least one analysis of each fertilizer sold shall be made annually.

*497. Penalty. § 5. Any person or party who shall offer or expose for sale any commercial fertilizer, without complying with the provisions of sections one, two and three of this act, or shall permit an analysis to be attached to any package of such fertilizer, stating that it contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents named in section one of this act than it really does contain, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than five hundred dollars for every subsequent offense; and the offender, in all cases, shall also be liable for damages sustained by the purchaser of such fertilizer Provided, however, That a deficiency of one per cent of nitrogen, potash or phosphoric acid, claimed to be contained, shall not be considered as evidence of fraudulent intent.

*498. Recovery – disposition of fines. § 6. Suit may be brought for the recovery of fines, or damages, under the provisions of this act, in the county where the fertilizer was offered for sale, or where it was manufactured; and all fines so recovered shall be paid into the treasury of the State board of agriculture by the court collecting the same. The treasurer of the State board of agriculture, after the payment of the expenses for analysis, and the publication of the annual report relating to the analysis, use and results obtained from fertilizers, shall pay into the treasury of the State any surplus remaining in his hands, on account of license fees and fines received through the provisions of this act.

*499. Annual report of analyses, fees and fines. § 7. The Illinois State board of agriculture shall publish annually a correct report of all analyses made, and certificates filed, together with a statement of moneys received on account of license fees and fines, and expended for analyses and publication of the report relating to fertilizers.

*500. Samples for comparison. 8. The officers and members of the Illinois State board of agriculture, or any person authorized by said board, is hereby empowered to select from any package of commercial fertilizer exposed for sale in any county in Illinois, a quantity not exceeding two pounds, which quantity shall be for analysis to compare with sample deposited with the secretary of said board of agriculture, as provided for in section two of this act, and with the printed certificate found on the given package found on sale.

*501. Suits - how brought. 9. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this act shall be brought by the attorney general of the State in the name of the people of the State of Illinois.

SECTION

Chapter 38a.

DENTISTRY.

SECTION

1. Who may practice dentistry-diploma. 6. Examination-license.

2. Board of examiners created.

3. Organization of board.

4. Registration of dentists.

5. Persons not registered must be li

censed.

7. Temporary license may be granted. 8 Violations, how punished.

9. Fees-per diem-expenses-report. 10. License to be filed with county clerk -fees.

AN ACT to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Illinois. [Approved May 30, 1881. In force July 1, 1881. L. 1881, p. 77.

*1. Who may practice dentistry-diploma. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be unlawful for any person, who is not at the time of the passage of this act engaged in the practice of dentistry in this State, to commence such practice unless such person shall have received a diploma from the faculty of some reputable dental college, duly authorized by the laws of this State, or of some other of the United States, or by the laws of some foreign country, in which college or colleges there was at the time of the issue of such diploma annually delivered a full course of lectures and instruction in dental surgery; Provided, that any person removing into this State, who shall have been for a period of ten years prior to such removal, a practicing dentist, And, provided, also, that any person holding the diploma of doctor of medicine from any reputable medical college shall be entitled to practice dentistry in this State upon obtaining a license for that purpose as hereinafter provided; and nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any physician or surgeon from extracting teeth.

*2. Board of examiners created. § 2. A board of examiners, to consist of five practicing dentists, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. The members of said board shall be appointed by the governor. The term for which the members of said board shall hold their offices shall be five years, except that the members of the board, first to be appointed under this act, shall hold their offices for the term of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and until their successors shall be duly appointed. In case of a vacancy occurring in said board, such vacancy shall be filled by the governor.

*3. Organization of board. § 3. Said board shall choose one of its members president, and one, the secretary thereof, and it shall meet at least once in each year, and as much oftener, and at such times and places as it may deem necessary. A majority of said board shall at all times constitute a quorum, and the proceedings thereof shall, at all reasonable times, be open to public inspection.

*4. Registration of dentists. § 4. It shall be the duty of every person who is engaged in the practice of dentistry in this State, within six months from the date of the passage of this act, to cause his or her name and residence or place of business to be registered with said board of examiners, who shall keep a book for that purpose; and every person, who shall so register with said board as a practitioner of dentistry, may continue to practice the same as such, without incurring any of the liabilities or penalties provided in this act.

*5. Person not registered-must be licensed. § 5. No person, whose name is not registered on the books of said board as a regular practitioner of dentistry, within the time prescribed in the preceding section, shall be permitted to practice dentistry in this State until such person shall have been duly examined by said board and regularly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this act.

*6. Examination-license. § 6. Any and all persons, who shall so desire, may appear before said board at any of its regular meetings and be examined with reference to their knowledge and skill in dental surgery, and, if the examination of any such person or persons shall prove satisfactory to said board, the board of examiners shall issue to such persons as they shall find from such examination to possess the requisite qualifications, a license to practice dentistry in accordance with the provisions of this act. But said board shall, at all times, issue a license to any regular graduate of any reputable dental college without examination, upon the payment, by such graduate, to the said board of a fee of one dollar. All licenses issued by said board shall be signed by the members thereof, and be attested by its president and secretary; and such license shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the holder to practice dentistry in the State of Illinois.

*7. Temporary license may be granted. § 7. Any member of said board may issue a temporary license to any applicant, upon the presentation by such applicant of the evidence of the necessary qualifications to practice dentistry, and such temporary license shall remain in force until the next regular meeting of said board, occurring after the date of such temporary license, and no longer.

*8. Violations, how punished. § 8. Any person, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to prosecution before any court of competent jurisdiction, upon information or by indictment, and, upon conviction, may be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for each and every offense. All fines recovered under this act shall be paid into the common school fund of the county in which such conviction takes place.

*9. Fees- per diem-expenses-report. §9. In order to provide the means for carrying out and maintaining the provisions of this act, the said board of examiners may charge each person applying to, or appearing before, them for examination for license to practice dentistry, a fee of two dollars, and out of the funds, coming into the possess ion of the board from the fees so charged, the members of said board may receive as compensation the sum of five dollars for each day actually engaged in the duties of their office, and all legitimate and necessary ex.