Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-06-08
The New Dairy Law

i'' loiioWlng sections of he new law
relating to Tie manufacture and sale ot
carry products Is vublishe at the request
OF j.. y. Mcdonald. state dairy and food
commissioner. Commissioner Mcdonald
intends to enforce the law vigorously and
desires tie publication for the knowledge
of all concerned:
.. SECTION -. No person shall sell or
oHcf Tor sale any cream taken from i'm
pure or diseased milk, or any cream that
COM ANS less than eighteen per centum of
pure butter tat. Any person violating
the provisions OF this section shall be
deemed guilty OF Il misdemeanor and upon
convection thereof shall be punished by
line OF not less than twenty-five dollars
(S25) nor more than one hundred dollars
(TlOoO, or 10y imprisonment for not less
than one ID month nor more than six
(6) months, or by both such fine and inn
prisonment
SEC. "a. Every person who CONVEYS
milk IN carriages, carts or other vehicle
Tor the purpose OF selling the same in any
city or town in the state of WASHINGTON.
shall annually on the first day of June or
within thirty 800 days thereafter, procure
from the state dairy commissioner a IL
cense to sell milk within the limits of
Silld citv or town, and shall pay 70 the
SAID dairy comm ssioner the sum OF one
dollar (S1) for each carriage, cart or other
vehicle TO he used as provided for in sec
ton 20. Licenses shall be issued only in
the names OF the owners of carriages,
carts and other vehicles and shall, for
the purpose OF this act, be conclusive evil
dence of ownership. No license shall be
sold. assigned or transferred each license
shall contain the name, residence, place
OF business, number of carriages, carts or
other vehicles used, and the number OF
the license. Each licensee shall. before
engaging in the sale OF milk, cause his
name, the number OF the license and his
place of business to be legibly placed on
each outer side of ali carriages, carts or
other vehicles used by him in the con-
vevance or sale Of milk. Whoever, with
ont being first licensed under the pro-
visions of this section, sells milk orexposes
it for sale from carriages, carts or other
vehicles, or has the same in his custody
or possession with intent to sell. shall be
deemed guilty of msdemeanor, and up
on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars ($25) for each ofiense, nor more than
one hundred dollars $1,000. or by i'm
pIisonment for not less than one month
or more than six months or by both such
fine and mprsonment Provided, That
nothing in this section shall apply to
persons handling or using the milk from
not more than two cows
SEQ. %. Every person before selling
milk or offering it for sale in a store, booth,
stand or market place in any town or
city, shall procure a license from the state
dairy commissioner and shall pay to said
commissioner the sum Of one dollar (S1D
yearly, within thirty days after June l..
Any person who ncglects to procure such
license shall be deemed guilty OF a MS
demeanor, and upon conviction Shall be
punished for each oifense by fine OF no.
less than twenty-five dollars (S23) nor
more than one hundred dollars (Sl00) .oi
each and every offense or by imprison-
ment for not less than one month or
more than six months or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
"SEC. 26. No person shall sell or eX-
pose iOi sale in any store or place OF busl-
ness or in any wagon or other vehicle
used in the transportation or sale OF MIX
from which cream has been removed or
milk commonly called skinned milk
without first marking the can or package
containing said milk with the words
skinned milk in large plain black let
tiers, each letter being at least one inch
high and one-half inch wide, said words
to be on the side not below the middle OF
said can or package, where they can be
easily seen. Any person violating the
provisions OF this section shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and upon con
yic.ion shall be punished by fine OF not
less than twenty-five dollars (S23) nor
more than one hundred dollars lTlO0) for
each and every ofiense, or by lmprson-
meut for not less than one month or more
than six months or by both such fine
and i,nUriSOnmeut.'