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Lime and magnesia in snuff not to exceed certain proportions.
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19. [Recital of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 93.] If any person being a manufacturer of, dealer in, or retailer of tobacco or snuff shall have in his custody or possession any snuff in which on examination thereof there shall be found to be any quantity of the oxides of calcium and magnesium, or of either of such oxides, exceeding by one per centum the proportion of the quantity of such oxides contained in the tobacco or tobacco stalks or returns of tobacco from which such snuff shall have been manufactured or shall be in course of manufacture, or if any such person shall have in his custody or possession any snuff in which on examination thereof there shall be found any quantity of the said oxides, or of either of them, exceeding the proportion of thirteen pounds weight of such oxides in every hundred pounds weight of such snuff, he shall forfeit two hundred pounds, and also the said snuff: Provided, that any sample of snuff, tobacco, or tobacco stalks or returns of tobacco which shall be examined for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of the said oxides contained therein shall first be dried at a temperature of two hundred and twelve degrees, as denoted by Fahrenheit's thermometer; and for the purposes of this section the term “snuff” shall include all snuff, and all tobacco, tobacco stalks, and returns of tobacco, which shall be in course of manufacture into snuff.
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