The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-05-18
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
which 3H per centum shall be butter fats; or
to which has been added salt boracic acid, |
sa1icy1ic acid, sa1icytate of Soda formaldehyde |
or any other acid, drug, compound sub
stance; or to which ice or water has been
added for any purpose whatsoever; or which
has been taken from animal ten days before
or five days after parturition; or which has
been taken from sick or diseased animal; or
which has been taken from animals fed in
whole or in part on garbage or any substance
in state of fermentation or putrefaction,
food that produces impure, diseased
unwho1esome milk, or from cows
stabbed near house where there is all
infectious disease or from which portion of
the cream has been taken but nothing in this
Act shall be construed as prohibiting the
addition of sugar in the manufacture of con-
densed preserved milk, prohibiting
the sale of pure skinned milk, when sold as
such, and from cans plainly and conspicuously
marked with the sign or placard "Skimmed
Milk in capital letters each of a size, of
not less than one inch square; or prohibit
ing the sale of pure wholesome milk, not COM
plying with the provisions of Section I3S c. for
the manufacture therefrom of butter cheese
or other products. Nothing in this section
shall be construed as prohibiting the feeding
of ensilage from silas.
Section E. Whoever shall violate any of
the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than one hundred dol
lars imprisoned for not more than sixty
days, or both fined and imprisoned, in the
discretion of the court, for each offense-not
to apply to Montgomery County, except when
said county shall ship or sell milk to Baltimore
City.
Section q Be it further enacted, That all
laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act
shall be and the same are hereby repealed but
that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to limit the power of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore to enact ordinances
and regulations-not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Actor the inspection and
sale of milk or the products thereof in the
City of Baltimore.
Section 3. And be it further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 7, 1900.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session, 1900.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER 4eo.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS IS, So, 90
AND 81 OF ARTICLE Fl, CODE OF
PUBLIC GEN ERAL LAWS, TITLE
GRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS," SUB
TITLE "FRAUD, BUTTER, OLEOMAR-
GARINE," AND TO RE-ENACT THE
SAME WITH AMENDMENTS so AS TO
READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections IS, So,
90 and 81 of Article Fl, Code of Public General
Laws, title Grimes and Punishments,' sub
title Fraud, Butter, Oleomargarine, be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted
so as to read follows:
Section IS. That no person by himself, his
agents or servants or as the agent or servant of
any other person shall render or manufacture,
sell or exchange, offer for sale exchange, ex-
pose for sale or exchange, take orders for the fu
ture delivery of, have i'll his possession, keep in
storage, distribute, deliver, transfer or convey
with intent to sell within this State, any article,
produce or compound made wholly or partly
out of any fat, oil or oleaginous substance or
compound thereof not produced directly and
wholly from unadu1terated milk or cream from
the same, which shall be in imitation or sem
blance OF yellow butter produced from pure
unadulterated milk or cream from the same.
Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prohibit the manufacture or sale
of oleomargarine in separate form and in such
manner as will advise the purchasers and con-
sumers of its real character, free from color
alton or ingredients which causes it to look
like yellow butter. Whoever violates any of
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of
mlsdemeanor, and shall be punished by
fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more than three hundred dollars for the first
offense, and by fine of not less than two
!, lra1r J111o
or by such fine and three months imprison-
ment for each subsequent offense.
Section So. That whoever sells oleomargarine
free from coloration Or any ingredients that
causes it to look like yellow butter as provided
in the previous section, from any dwellings,
spicuously posted therein p1acard or sign in
plain Roman letters not less than four inches in
length, "Oleomargarine sold here" Any
person neglecting or failing to post the p1acard
herein provided for shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars for the first offense
and one hundred dollars for each days neglect
so to post or placard thereafter, and by fine
of not less than two hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars. or by such fine and
three months Imprisonment for each subse-
quent ofense.
Section 90. That whoever byhimself or his ser
wants or agents or as the servant or agent of any
other person sells or offers for sale to any per
son who asks, sends or inquiries for butter, any
oleomargarine, butterine any substance
made in imitation or semblence of butter not
made entirely of milk or cream from the milk
of cows, with without coloring matter, shall
be guilty of fraud, and shall be punished by
fine of one hundred dollars for the first offense
and by imprisonment for three months for
each subsequent offense. !
Section 81. That person by himself, his
servants or agents, or as the servant or agent of
any other person shall serve to patrons. guests,
borders or inmates of any hotel, eating house,