The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-09

ana by imprisonment Tor one u year for
Nothing III this section shall impair the
provisions Of section four al Of this act
Section six [6] Of said act is hereby
amended 50 as to read as follows:
SEC: 8. No person shall manufacture, mix
cream or butter any animal fats or animal OF
vegetable oils, nor shall he make or manu-
facture any oleaginous substance not pro-
duced from milk or cream with intent to sell
adulterated milk or cream, or have the same
in his possession, or offer the same for sale
with such intent, nor shall any article or sub
stance stan or compound 50 made or produced 30
dairy. # any person shall coat, powder or
color with annatto or any colorlng matter
whatever, butterine or oleomargarine or any
compounds Of the same, or any products or
manufacture made in whole or in part from
animal fats, or animal or vegetable oils not
produced from unadulterated milk or cream
whereby the said product, manufacture OF
compound shall be made to resemble butter
have the same in his possession, or sell or Of.
fer for sale, or have in his possession any of
said products which shall be coated or col
ored in semblancc Of or to resemble butter OF
cheese, it shall be prima facie evidence of an
the product of the dairy. Whoever violates
any Of the provisions Of this section shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and be pun:
ished by fine Of not less than one hundred
dollars l$1o0] nor more than one thousand
construed to impair or affect the prohibition
of section four a and five Isl Of this act:
Section seven III Of said act Is hereby
pose for sale, butter Or cheese branded OF
labeled with false brand or label as to the
quality of the article. or to the county OF
state III which the article is made.
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hereby authorized and directed to procure
and issue to the cheese manufacturers Of the
state upon proper application therefor. and
under such regulations as TO the custody and
stan thereof as he may prescribe uniform
motto and the words minnesota State Full
Cream Cheese" Every brand issued shall be
used upon the outside Of the cheese, and also
upon the package containing the same, and
shall be a different number for each separate
manufactory, and the commissioner shall
keep book in which shall be registered the
name. location and number of each manu-,
factory using the said brand, and the name
or names of the persons at each mandatory
authorized to use the same.
1t shall be unlaWIu! to use or permit such
stencil brand to tie used upon any other than
full cream cheese, or packages containing
the same. Minnesota state full cream cheese.
OF which there be less than forty [4Ol Der cen
tum of fats to total solids shall be deemed.
for the purpose of this act. to be adulterated.
Whoever violates the provisions Of this sec
ton shall be deemed guilty Of a misde-
package so falsely branded shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars $50 or more than fifty dollars 1851
OF imprisonment of not less than fifteen Isl
Section eight Isl Of said act Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
SEC, 8. The governor shall appoint COM
missioner, who shall be known Us the state
RI cir Ho
this state, and who shall hold his office for a
term of two III years. or until his successor
is appointed. and shall receive salary of
eighteen hundred Isl: 800 dollars per annum
discharge of his duties under this act. and
shall be charged under the direction Of the
governor, with the enforcement of the var
ious provisions thereof. Said commissioner
of the governor, and his successor appointed
as above provided for. The said commits
sioner is hereby authorized and empowered
to appoint q secretary whose salary shall be
twelve hundred ISL 1901 dollars per year,
and such assistant commissioners, and to
employ such experts, chemists, agents and
such counsel as may be deemed by him nee
cssary for the proper enforcement of this
law, thelr compThnsation to be xed by the
dollars [Sl5,O0Ol annually is hereby appro-
priated, lie be paid for such purposes out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated: All charges, accounts and ex-
penses authorized by this act shall be paid by
the treasurer Of the state upon the warrant
of the state auditor The entire expenses of
said commissioner shall not exceed the sum
appropriated for the purpose Of this act The
said commissioner shall make biennial re-
ports to the legislature not later than the
fifteenth 18th day Of January, of his work
and proceedings, and shall report in detail
the number or assistant commissioners ex-
perts chemists. agents and counsel he has
m WI a md Il
ments. The said commissioner shall have q
room in the capitol. to he set apart for his use
by the governor. This section shall not affect
the tenure of Office OF the present commits
any of the provisions in section seven III of
chapter one hundred and forty nine l149] Of
the law of one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five 1881. except In the sum Of
SEC. 8. The said commissioner and assist
ant commissioners, and such experts. chem
lists agents and counsel as they shall duly
authorize for the purpose. shall have access,
in2ress and egrcss to all places of business,
factories, farms, buildings, carriages, cars
vessels ana cans used in the manufacture
and sale of amy dairy products or, any imita-
tions thereof. They also shall have power
vessel containing such articles which may be
manufactured, sold or exposed for sale in
violation Of the provisions Of this act. and
may inspect the contents therein, and may
All clerks, bookkecpers, express agents,
railroad officials, employees or common car
riers shall render TO them all the assistance
in their power, when so requested, in tracing,
finding or discovering, the presence of any
prohibited article named in this act.
Any refusal or neglect on the part Of such
clerks, bookkeepers, express agents, railroad
Othc1als employees or common carriers to
render such friendly aid shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and be punished by fine of
not less than fifty dollars $500 nor more
than one hundred dollars $1,000 for each
and every offense.
SEC 10. The commissioner shall provide
blanks which shall be furnished to all pro-
prietors or managers of creameries, cheese
factories or milk diaries that ship milk to the
cities and all vendors or peddlers of milk in
the cities within the state, for the purpose Of
dkg 81 the m OF mix and
managers Of such creameries and cheese fac
tories shall, on the first lst> day of November
of each year, send to the dairy commissioner a
full and accurate report Of the amount Of
dairies milk vendors or milk peddlers shall
send to the state dairy commissioner quar-
terly reports OF all the business done 10y each
and every such person. firm or company in
handling dairy products during the last
three 81 months past, as designated under
the different headings OF such printed blanks.
Any neglect or failure, or false statement
Oh the part of any proprietor or manager OF
SuEi1 SiCs&ulClys CilStSS AuttolS. NuALS W uuy
milk vender or milk peddler shall be con-
sidered guilty of misderleanor, and be pun
ished by fine Of not less than ten dollars
[SlO] nor more than one hundred dollars
Section eleven [ll1 Of said act is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
SEC. IL. No person shall sell or offer for
sale any cream taken from impure or dis
eased milk, or cream that contains less than
twenty l2O] per centum of fat Whoever
violates the provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fine Of not less than
ten dollars [SlO] nor more than one hundred
dollars $1,000.
Section twelve [121 Of said act is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. IL. In all prosecutions under this act
relating to the sale and manufacture Of I'M
clean, impure, unhealthy, adulterated or I'M
wholesome milk, if the milk be shown to con-
tain more than eighty-seven 1871 per centum
Of water fluids or less than thirteen 1871 per
centum milk solids Of which less than three
aud one-half [3l2] per centum shall be fat.
shall be declared adulterated, and milk
drawn from COWS within fifteen isl days
before and four III days after parturitlon, or
from animals fed on distillery waste or brew
ers' malt, or any unhealthy food whatever,
shall be deemed, for the purpose of this act,
to be unclean, impure unhealthy and un-
wholesome mix. The penalties for any VIC
latiOn of this section are the same rs those Of