The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-09
WHAT THE NEW LAWS ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.
NUMBER FOUR.

The manufacturers of cheese in Cali
fornia will, after the Sd day of May,
be subject to the provisions Of q new
law which was approved by the Gov
ernor March 18th. The law is intended to
relieve the cheese making industry from
the strain placed upon it by the spurious
article which was scattered broadcast
The State Dairy Bureau, 1l3 DAVIS
street San Francisco, is now prepared
to issue free of chaTge) to all persons,
firms or corporations, upon application
therefor, uniform brands, consecuuvely
numbered, Of the different grades OF
cheese as specified in Section l of the
Act. All applications for brands must
be in writing, giving the name of the
manufacturer. location of the factory,
Postofice address, and the grade OF the
brands desired, and should be made
prior to the Sd day of May, 1897.
The full text of the Act is as follows:
Section 1. Every person or persons,
firm, or corporation, who shan at any
creamery, cheese factory or private DAIRY
manufacture cheese in the State OF Cal
ifornia, shall, at the place OF manulac-
ture. brand distinctly and durably on
the bandage of each and every cheese
manufactured, and upon the package OF
box, when shipped, and grade OF cheeSe
manufactured as follows: California
Full-Cream Cheese" California Halt
Skim Cheese" and California Skim
Cheese
Section 2. All brands for branding the
different grades of cheese shall be pro
cured from the State Dairy Bureau, and
said bureau is hereby directed and au-
thorized to issue to all persons, firms, or
corporations, upon application THEREFOR
uniform brands, consecutively NUMBER
ed. of the different grades Speclneo III
Section l of this Act. The State Dairy
Bureau shall keep a record or each anu
every brand issued, and the name ana
location of the manufacturer receiving
the same. No manufacturer OF cheese
in the State of California, other than the
one to whom such brand is issued, snail
use the same, and, in case of chanSe
of location, the party shall notify the
bureau of such change.
Section g. The different grades OF
cheese are hereby defined as follows:
Such cheese only as shall have been
manufactured from pure milk, and from
which no portion of the butter fat has
cess, and having not less than thirty per
cent of butter fat, shall be branded as
california Full-Cream Cheese; and
such cheese only as shall be made from
pure milk, and having not less than ft-
teen per cent. of butter fat, shall be
branded california Half-Skim
Cheese: and such cheese only as shall
be made from pure skim-milk shall be
branded California Skim Cheese
provided. that nothing in this section
shall be construed to apply to "Edam,
"Brickstein,' Pineapple" 'Limbur-
ger" Swiss. or and-made cheese, not
made by the ordinary cheddar process.
Section /. No person or persons, firms
or corporations, shall sell, or offer for
sale. any cheese, manufactured in the
State Of California, not branded by an
Official brand and of the grade defined
in Section of this Act.
Section ). Whoever shall violate any
of the provisions of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished for the first offense by a fine of
not less than $50 nor more than 500, or
by Imprisonment in the County Jail for
not exceeding twenty-five days; and for
each subsequent offense by a fine of not
less than 500 nor more than 500, or by
Imprisonment in the County Jail not less
than fifty days nor more than 100 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment,
at the discretion of the court.
Section 6. All Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed
Section Z. This Act shall take effect
sixty days after its passage.
The Act passed by the Legislature and
approved by the Governor, intended to
promote the horticultural interests of
the State, is of the greatest interest to
horticulturists in all sections of the
State. The old law was repealed by the
passage Of the present Act, and in order
that those interested may study its pro-
visions, it is published in full, as follows:
Section l. Whenever a petition is
presented to the Board of Supervisors
of any county, and signed by twenty
five or more persons, each Of whom is
6. resident freebooter and possessor of
an orchard, stating that certain or all
orchards, or nurseries, or trees of any
variety are infested with scale insects
of any kind. injurious to fruit, fruit
trees, and vines, Goblin moth, or other
insects that are destructive to trees,
and praying that a commission be ap-
pointed by them, whose duty it shall
be to supervise the destruction of said
scale insects, as herein provided, the