Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-07-08

said vessel or package, and said stripe or band
shall be painted with black paint; every such
vessel or package shall have legibly branded
and burnt in, by means Of a branding or burn
ing iron on the outside of the cover and on
the outside of said vessel or package; in two
places as nearly opposite each other as possible,
the words, "oleomargarine," ''butterine, su-
ine' Limitation butter" or Limitation
cheese" as the case may be, and sad name ,t OF
title shall be composed of Roman letters at least
one-half an inc high and at least one-quarterr
of an inch broad and said name or title shali
be at least ten inches long; and every such } tupi
pail box, firkin other vessel Or package shall
bear label or shall have branded on 1t a marx
giving the name and address of the maker OF
the contents thereof, and the name and location
of the mandatory. :,
4. And be it enacted. That no persons snail
sell any OeOmargarne, butterine, Su1ne or any
substance in imitation or semblance OF natural "a a
butter or cheese, or any substance that is rem
dered made, manufactured or compounded out
of any animal or vegetable or mineral fat or
oil, not produced from pure milk or the cream
from pure milk, at retail or in quantities less
than the original tub frkin or other package.
unless he shall first inform the purchaser that
the substance is not natural butter or cheese.
but imitation butter Or cheese, and at the time
of sale and with each sale. he shall give to the
purchaser a card or notice printed on which
shall be the name of the substance sold and the
name and address of the seller or vender. and
said notice or card shall be at least six inches
long and at least four inches wide, and the
printing thereon shall be in letters at least OF
the size known as twO-line English. and said
notice or card shall be printed in black in the
English language.
5. And be it enacted, That no person shall
offer or expose for sale, or SELL or have in pos
session for the purposes of sale, any oleomar-
garine, butterine. suine or any substance In
imitation of natural butter or cheese, or any
substance that is rendered, made. manufac-
tured or compounded out OF any animal or
vegetable or mineral fat or oil, not produced
from pure milk or cream from pure milk, that
is colOred, stained or mixed with annotto or any
other colorlng matter or substance.
8. And belt enacted, That, for the purposes
of QRtf mat
ural butter or cheese" shall be taken to- mean
tina product or products usually known by these
names and which are IRE made and manufactnred % ,e'i
salt or salt and rennet. and with or without
coloring matter or sage; and the terms ''oleo-
margarine ""butterine ""suine' or Substance
in imitation or semblance of natural butter or
cheese shall be to mean any substance that is
rendered. made, manufactured or compounded
or fat, not the product of pure milk Or the cream
from pure milk; also, any compound or mixture
of natural butter or cheese, or milk or cream,
Z. And be it enacted. That the possession by
any person who is either manufacturer, mer-
chant, broker, wholesale or retail dealer or
hotel inn restaurant or boarding-hOuse keeper,
of any oleaginous substance. mixture or COM
pound whatever defined by this act, not
natural butter, that is not contained in a tub.
box, pail or vessel, plainly marked and branded
in accordance with the provisions of section
three of this act. shall be prima facie evidence
of intent to sell the same.
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any way or manner erase. cancel or obliterate,
deface, or cover over or remove either the
band or stripe of paint or the brands required
by section three of this act to be placed on the
tub, box, pail or vessel containing any oleagin-
Gus substance. mixture or compound as defined
by this act.
shall violate any of the provisions of this act
shall be liable to penalty of one hundred dol
lars for the first offense, and two hundred dol
lars for each second or subsequent ofense.
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court in any city, and every justice of the peace
in any county, and any recorder in any city, is
hereby empowered on oath or affirmation made
according to law that any person or persons
has or have violated any provision of this act,
to issue process at the suit of the commissioner
hereafter named as plaintiff for the use OF the
state of New Jersey, either in the manner OF a
summons warrant, against the person or
persons charged, which process SHALL when
in the nature of a warrant, be returnabe
forthwith and when in the nature of a sum-
MONS shall be returnable in not less than one
nor more than ten entire days; such process
shall state what provision of the law is alleged
to have been violated by the defendant de-
PENDANTS; and on the return of such process, or
at any time to which the trial shall have been
adjourned, the said court, justice of the peace,
or recorder, shall proceed to hear testimony
and to determine and give Judgment in the
matter, without the filing of any pleadings. for
the plaintiff for the recovery OF such penalty
with costs, or for the defendant; and the said
court justice of the peace, or recorder Shall, If
Judgment be rendered for the plaintiff, forth
chattels and person of thedefendant or defend
ants; and the said court, justice OF the peace
or recorder is further empowered to cause any
such defendant who may refuse or neglect to
pay the amount of the judgment rendered
against him, and all the costs and charges Incl
dent thereto, unless an appeal is granted, to be
committed to the county Jail for any period
not exceeding ninety days.
Ii. And be it enacted, That the officers TO
serve and execute all process under this act
shall be the officers authorized to serve and eX-
ecute process in said courts, and before such
magistrates and officers as aforesaid, including
the constables of such counties and all police
officers of such cities.
L. And be it enacted, That said district court,
Justice of the peace, or recorder shall have
power to adjourn the hearing or trial in any
case, from time to time, not exceeding thirty
days from the return of the summons or war
rant, and to bail the person so charged in such
sum as he shall deem proper for his appearance
at such time and place as said trial or hearing
shall be adjourned to, and in default of bail to
commit the person so charged to the common
Jail of said county, to be there detained until
the trial OF hearing OF said charge.
l3 And be it enacted, That either the COM
painant or defendant, upon paying all costs
incurred and by filing with said district court;
justice or recorder r, within ten days after trial
before him, written notice of his or her IN
tention to appeal from the decision of said court
Of or as of 70 the
of the county in which said complaint may
have been determined, and said court of gen
eral quarter sessions shall proceed and try the
same and make such adjudications as are herein
provided in case of such trial before said dis
trict court justice or recorder.
IA. And be it enacted, That all penalties i'm
posed under this act shall be, Immediately on
receipt, paid into the treasury of this state by
the commissioner.
15. And be it enacted, That the state board of
health shall appoint commissioner who shall
be known as the state dairy commissioner, who
shall be a citizen of this state and who shall
hold his office for the term of three years and
until his successor shall be appointed, and said
commissioner shall be paid Il salary of two
thousand dollars per annum and his travelling
and other expenses, payable by the treasurer OF
this state on warrant of the comptroller, in
quarterly payments; and said commissioner
shall be appointed within fifteen days after the
passage of this act and shall be charged with
the enforcement of the various provisions
thereof; and said commissioner may be re-
moved for just cause by the appointing power
conferred by the act; provided. that charges
shall be first made in writing and he be given
time to reply thereto; and the said commits
sioner shall make annual reports to the legsla-
ture not later than the fifteenth day of January
in each year, and also to the state board of
health at its annual meeting; and said commits
sioner is hereby authorized and empowered to
appoint or employ such assistants. chemists,
agents. clerks and counsel as may be deemed
necessary for the proper enforcement of this
act, their compensation to be fixed by the COM
missioner
Is. And be it enacted, That the said commits
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