Truth in Fabric and Misbranding Bills: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1024 and S. 1188...Feb. 28, Mar. 6-8, 12, 1924 |
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Page 76 - ... mentioned to be done, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, and unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be guilty of an offence against this Act.
Page 161 - Act, the same shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the said court may direct, and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, but...
Page 26 - That the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of agriculture, and the secretary of commerce and labor shall make uniform rules 'and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act...
Page 111 - ... may cause notice to be advertised stating that, unless cause is shown to the contrary at the time and place named in the notice, such goods or things will be forfeited, and at such time and place the court...
Page 110 - ... proves — (a) That in the ordinary course of his business he is employed, on behalf of other persons, to make dies, blocks, machines, or other instruments for making, or being used in making, trade marks, or as the case may be, to apply marks or descriptions to goods, and that in the case which is the subject of the charge he was so employed...
Page 92 - ... county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 161 - That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer, or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this act, designating it.
Page 111 - ... unless the owner or any person on his behalf, or other person interested in the goods or things, shows cause to the contrary, may order such goods or things or any of them to be forfeited.
Page 113 - Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders," and any Acts amending the same ; As to Scotland, the Summary Procedure Act, 1864; As to Ireland, within the police district of Dublin metropolis, the Acts regulating the powers and duties of justices of the peace for such district, or of the police of such district ; and elsewhere in Ireland, The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851...
Page 109 - ... (e.) disposes of or has in his possession any die, block, machine, or other instrument for the purpose of forging...