amount allowed to each person named in the statement and report of the officer conducting the inquest, and the warrants shall be paid out of the state treasury.
Approved March 20, 1947.
CHAPTER 133
H. B. No. 53—(Langley and Legislative Research Committee)
PROHIBITING CERTAIN FEDERAL AND RELATED NAMES ALSO MISLEADING TRADE PRACTICES; PENALTIES
AN ACT
To prohibit the use of certain federal and related names and certain misleading trade practices; and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof and providing for injunctional relief.
Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:
§ 1. Prohibiting Use of Certain Federal and Related Names in Sale of Merchandise.] No person, firm, corporation, or association, not an agency or instrumentality of the United States government, selling or offering for sale goods, wares or merchandise, shall use or cause or permit to be used in the corporate or trade name, or description of the seller or of the place where the goods, wares or merchandise are offered for sale, any of the following words or expressions, viz., “Army,” “Navy," “Marine Corps," “Marines,” “Coast Guard,” "Government," "Post Exchange," "P-X," or "G.I."; or any word or expression which may lead the public to believe that the seller or the place is owned, operated or managed by the United States government or its military or naval forces or any agency of the United States government.
§ 2. Representation That Article Has Federal Relationship, Prohibited.] No person, firm, corporation, or association selling or offering for sale any article of merchandise in any manner, shall represent, contrary to the fact, that the article was made for, or acquired directly or indirectly from, the United States government or its military or naval forces or any agency of the United States government, or that the article conforms to government specifications or requirements, or that it has been disposed of by the United States government.
§ 3. Penalty.] Any person, firm, or corporation or
