The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

cen hundred Q,8OO) dollars per annum
ana his necessary expenses incurred In
the discharge Of the duties required of
him by law, and shall be charged with
the enforcement of the various laws COM
ing under his department. 1t shall be
the duty of the said commissioner to en-
after may be enacted in this state re
garding the production, manufacture and
-ale of dairy products, their limitations
and substitutes and food prepared there
Or adulteration of which is made subject
to this or other laws, and to prosecute or
cause to be prosecuted any person, firm
in the manufacture or sale of any I'M
pure, adulterated or counterfeit dairy
products that are produced, offered for
sale or sold, contrary to the laws of this
moved from office at the pleasure of
the governor and a successor appointed
In his stead. The said commissioner is
hereby authorized and empowered to ap-
twelve hundred 1,2OO) dollars per annum,
one assistant commissioner, whose sal
a a shall be fifteen hundred u,5oO dol
shall be fifteen hundred dollars $1,000
per annum, one assistant chemist when
needed, to be paid not to exceed one
hundred 900 dollars per month, and such
number or inspectors as may by him be
of one hundred d0O dollars per month
and the necessary expenses incurred in
the performance Of their duties, and to
employ such counsel as may be deemed
necessary The sum of fifteen thousand
$4,000 dollars annually Is hereby appro-
priated to be paid for the execution of
state, treasury not otherwise appropriate
authorized by this act shall be paid by
the oS sur Of the state upon the war
missioner shall make biennial reports to
the legislature not later than the f1f-
teenth Q5th) day of January Of his work
and ar, proceedings. and shall report: in de-
pointed and employed, with their ex-
penses and disbursements, and the
amount Of salary paid the same, and he
Of information, when in his Judgment the
interests Of the state would be promoted
thereby. The said commissioner shall
have rooms in the capitol. to be set apart
tory In the capitol where all chemical
analysis for the department shall be con-
Quoted. This section shall not affect the
sioner, and he shall be regarded as ha;S-
ing been appointed under the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 2. The said commissioner and as
sistant commissioner and such inspectors,
they shall duly authorize for the purpose,
shall have access, ingress and egress to
al places of business. factories, farms,
and sale or transport of
any dairy product or any substitute
therefor, ir imitation thereof, and also in
to all restaurants, dining halls, cafes,
other places wherein food is prepared,
stored or served to patrons. They shall
also have power and authority to open
such article which may be manufactured,
sold or exposed for sale in violation of
the provisions of this act, or laws that
now exist or that may hereafter be enact
tents thereof, and may take samples
therefro for analysis. All dealers, clerks,
bookkeepers, express agents, railroad Off
Gals, employees or common carriers shall
render to them all the assistance in their
power when so required in tracing, find
Ing. or discovering the presence Of any
article prohibited by law.
part Of such dealers, clerks, bookkeepers,
express agents, railroad officials, en-
ployes or common carriers to render such
friendly aid shall be deemed a INSIDE
meanor and shall be punished as herein
after provided.
Sec. 4: No person, firm or corporation
deliver for sale or consumption, or have
IN his possession with intent to sell, any
some or adu1terated milk, or cream from
SAS othAASs Va oily uAIlln VI VI CdllI lIOlH lie
same. which has not been well cooled,
aerated, or to which preservatives Of any
kind have been added
Sec. 5. No person. firm or corporation
milk for market or for sale or exchange
or for manufacturing the same, or cream
from the same, into articles of food, in q
are not perfectly Ventilated, or which
are filthy from an accumulation Of ami.
ma! refuse or from any other cause. MOI
shall milk for such purposes be drawn
condition of filth or uncleanliness, or from
cows which are affected with tubercu.
t tosis, ULCERS, running sores, or any Other
fed, either wholly or in part, upon dis
tillery waste or brewery grains, or the
waste OF vinegar, or that Of sugar fac
tories, not properly preserved in silos, OF
produce milk which is unhealthful or un
wholesome; or from COWS Within f1fteer
QO days before and five % days after
parturition; and all milk thus produced
Is hereby declared to be unclean, impure
unhealthful and unwholesome milk, anc
any milk which is shown by analysis tt
contain any substance or substances o.
any character whatever not natural o.
been deprived either wholly or in part Of
:.ny constituent naturally or normally
contained In milk, or which is shoWn tc
centum Of water fluids. or less than tfir
teen Q3) per centum Of milk solids, OF
which not less than three and one-hal1
declared to be adulterated milk. This
section shall not be construed to proven,
the feeding of ensilage from silos. The
having in possession by any person. firm
or corporation producing milk for market
or for sale or exchange, or for manu-
featuring the same, or cream from the
same into articles of food, Of distillery
waste or brewery grains, or the waste OF
preserved as aforesaid, or any other form
of food which will produce milk which is
unhealthy or unwholesome, shall be con.
sidered tor the purposes Of this act as
pr1ma facie evidence of an intent to use
the same contrary to the provisions OF
this act.
Sec 6. No person, firm or corporation
shall manufacture from unclean, impure
cream from the same, any article Of food:
Sec. T., No person. firm or corporation
shall sell or offer for sale or have in his
possession with intent to sell, any cream
taken from impure, unwholesome or dis
eased milk, or cream that contains less
than twenty (2O per centum Of fat.
Sec. s: No person, firm or corporation
his possession, with intent to sell, in any
store or place Of business. or on any
wagon or other vehicle used in transport
been removed, or milk Commonly Comm Ga called lied
SKINNED milk" without first marking
the can, vessel or package containing said
milk with the words Skinned milk in
large, plain, black letters upon light
colored background, each letter being at
least one Q) inch high and one-half .(15)
inch wide. said words shall be on the top
where they can be easily seen.
Sec. 8. The state standard milk meas
ures or pipettes shall have for milk a
capacity Of seventeen and six-tenths
az G-10) cubic centimeters, and for cream
shall have capacity Of eighteen (1S)
cubic centimeters, and the state standard
test tubes or bottles for milk shall have
a capacity for two co cubic centimeters
of mercury at temperature Of sixty (6O)
degrees Faherenheit between Zero and
ten 1O on the graduated scale marked
on the necks thereof; and the standard
test tubes or bottles for cream shall have