The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-05-08
20 $500 and an assistant superinten-
dent at $500 authorized.

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publish with the superintendent OF
public instruction together with the
! list price and the lowest Wholesale
price at which the book is sold any
where in the United States and must
file bond agreeing not 10 charge
more in Michigan than is charged
anywhere in the United States. Retail
dealers cannot charge more than Is
per cent above the wholesale price
and the board is authorized to handle
the books itself at gross cost 10 the
pupils. II pupils move from the dis
trict, the board is required to pur.
chase the books from the pupils at a
price dependent upon the physical
condition of the books.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Helme succeeded in getting a number
of important bills through the legis-
lature. Among them are bills 10 per-
NIT all fees from the registration OF
creameries, cheese factories, milk de-
pots and dealers, ice cream manufac-
turers and dealers in commercial
feeding stuffs, to be used to pay sal
aries and expenses of special dairy and
| food inspectors. This will enable the
doubling Of the special inspection SER
vice.
| To authorize the dairy and food
commission to sue any creamery or
dealer, manufacturer, store, or trans
porter of food or beverage products
who refuses to pay the registration or
license fees required by law
To require that all cheese under a
certain per cent butter fat must be
branded on both the cheese cloth and
the container SKINNED milk cheese,
, and to require that in all restaurants
and hotel cafes where such cheese
is sold signs must be conspicuously
displayed reading SKINNED milk
cheese sold or used here"
To have the United States agricul-
tural departments standard of purity
for food products accepted as legal
evidence in suits except where other
standards are specifically prescribed
by state law.
To correct defects in the title OF an
act which declares II 10 be unlaw-
full to advertise oleomargarine or 9TH
er imitation butter in a way that
might deceive purchasers.
Providing the buyers OF cream and
butter who own a string OF stations
must not pay more at one point for
these products than at another with
the idea of crushing competition.
To regulate the sale of vinegar so
purchasers will not be deceived by
having delivered to them the low cost
malt vinegar when they think they
are getting cider vinegar
To require that all cans, bottles, and
jars and other sealed containers of
food, confectionery and condiments to
have marked on the outside the net
weight or contents.
Making it unlawful to sell adulter-
ated sausage, or sausage containing
personalities like boracic acid or sui
phites, excepting that two per cent Of
cerials may be used, that three per
cent of water may be added 10 facili-
tate grinding, chopping and mixing,
and for bologna, vienna, frankfurters,
etc, water enough to make it palitable
To regulate the packing and Grating
OF fruits and vegetables with the idea
OF preventing deception on consumers.
Designating the state dairy and food
commissioner ex-officio state sealer of
weights and measures and giving him
large powers to compel the honest use
of weights and measures.
To require the managers as well as
the owners of dairy products depots
and manufacturing places like cheese
factories to register and report an
nually to the state dairy and food de-
partment and adding cream depots to
those who will hereafter be required
to be registered and report.
Amending the certified milk commits
sion act so that each body for certify
ing milk shall be known as the medi-
cal milk commission to said city. This
is TO conform to the United States
regulations.
To allow oleomargarine or butterine
10 De served 10 the inmates OF state
institutions when genuine butter can
not be purchased for 2S cents per
pound.
Requiring that all farm and orchard
produce commission merchants must
secure q license from the state dairy
and food department to do business,
and giving the commissioner authori-
~ to cancel the license and put any
such merchant out OF business who Is
not doing business according 10 law.
Declaring the standard OF ice cream
to be frozen product made from
milk, cream, eggs and sugar, with or
without natural iavors and not 10 con-
tain to exceed seven-tenths per cent
of one per cent of pure gelatin. gum
tragacaath or other vegetable gums
and which contain not less than ten
per cent of milk fat.