Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-09-20
CHAPTER 312.

sale or use of butter and cheese, and
to preserve the public health
SECTION /. BE ii enacted By tie General
assembly Of Maryland, That no person
shall manufacture out of any oleaginous
substance or substances, or any COM
pound of the same, other than that
produced from unadulterated milk or of
cream from the same, any article de-
signed to take the place of butter or
cheese, produced from pure unadul-
terated milk or cream of the same, or
shall sell or offer for sale the same
as an article of food this provision shall
not apply to pure skim milk cheese
made from pure skim milk; whoever
violates the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
be punished by fine of not less than
one hundred dollars, nor more than five
hundred dollars, or not less than six
months or more than one year imprison-
ment, or both such fine and imprison-
ment for the first offence, and by i'm
prisonment for one year for each sub
sequent offence.
SEC. 2, And be 1t enacted, That no per-
son by himself, or his agents or servants,
shall render or manufacture out of any
animal fat, or animal or vegetable oil,
not produced from unauthorized milk
or cream from the same, any article in
imitation or semblance of natural butter
or cheese produced from pure unadul-
terated milk or cream of the same, nor
mixed compound with, or add to milk,
cream or butter, any acids or other
deleterious substance, or any animal
fats, or animal or vegetable oils not pro-
duced from milk or cream, so as to pro-
duce any article or substance, or any
human food in imitation or sembance
of natural butter or cheese, nor sell
keep for sale, Or offer for sale, any art
icle, substance or compound made, man
ufactured or produced in violation of
the provisions of this section, whether
such article, substance or compound
shall be made or produced in this State
or elsewhere; this section shall not be
so construed as to require evidence of
wilful or intentional violation thereof :;
whoever violates the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and be punished by a fine of not less
than six months or more than one years
Imprisonment for the first offence, and
by imprisonment for one year for each
subsequent offence; nothing in this sec
ton shall impair the provisions of sec
ton one of this Act.
SEC. 3. And be IL enacted, That no per-
son shall manufacture, mix or compound
with or add to natural milk, cream or
butter, any animal fats, or animal or
vegetable oils, nor shall he make or
manufacture any oleaginous substance
not produced from milk or cream, with
intent to sell the same for butter or
cheese made from unadulterated milk
or cream, or have the same in his possess
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intent, nor shall any article or substance
or compound so made or produced, be
sold Intentionally or otherwise, as and
for butter or cheese, the product of the
dairy; no person shall coat, powder or
color with Annals or any other coloring
whatever, butterine or oleomargarine or
any compounds of the same, or any pro-
duct or manufacture made in whole or
in part from animal fats, or animal or
vegetable oils not produced from I'M
adulterated milk or cream whereby the
said product, manufacture or compound
shall resemble butter or cheese, the pro-
duct of the dairy, or shall have the
same in his possession with intent to
sell the same, or shall sell or offer the
same for sale, no person shall be ex-
cused from liability under this section
or section two of this Act on account of
want of knowledge of the nature or
ingredients of the product SO in his
possession, sold or offered for sale by
him; whoever violates any of the pro-
visions of this section shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and be punished by a
fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than one thousand dollars;
this section shall not be construed to
impair or effect the prohibitions of sec
tiOns one and two of this Act 80
SEC. T. AHd be IL enacted, That no
keeper or proprietor of any bakery,
hotel, tavern, boarding house, restaur-
ant, saloon, lunch-counter, or place of
public entertainment, or any person
having charge thereof, or employed
thereat, shall keep, use or serve therein,
either as food for their guests, boarders,
patrons or customers, or for cooking pur-
poses, any article made in violation of
provisions of sections one, two, and
three of this Act; this section shall not
be so construed as to require evidence
of a wilful or Intentional violation
thereof; whoever violates the provi-
sions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and punished by fine of
not less than fifty dollars, nor more than
two hundred dollars, or not less than
ten days, or more than thirty days i'm
prisonment for the first offence, and by
imprisonment for one year for each
subsequent offence.
SEC. 5. And be IL enacted, That author
ity to impose such fines and penalties
with costs as are enumerated in sections
one, two, three and four of this Act,
shall vest in the same Courts that exer-
else jurisdiction of other criminal cases.