The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-31

state of Florida are entitled to not
more than two pounds of sugar per
person per month, based on the unm-
Der of people in the family, and no
purchases of more than two pounds
at one time shall be made by any
person or family, when such person
or family resides in the city or close
to the point of purchase and in the
event that the purchaser resides in
the country Tor five miles or more from
i available point of purchase) five
/ pounds may be purchased; but in no
event shall the amount so purchased
exceed the monthly per capita allow,
ance as stated above.
i Rule 2.-Consumers requiring SUI
gar for home canning and preserving
are allowed not more than twenty
j five pounds for such home canning or
preserving, and in securing such al
lowance they must make regular ap-
Iplication on forms authorized by the
! United States food administration,
such forms to be furnished by and to
bear the signature or stamp of the
county food administrator of the
country in which the purchaser re,
sides.
i Rule 3.-No consumer securing SUI
gar under these rules will be allowed
to trade, exchange or dispose of such
purchases as they may make, either
directly or Indirectly to another per-
son; nor shall any purchaser be allow
ed to make duplicate purchases at
different stores.
I Rule All private consumers or
!, families will be subject to a strict
observance of these rules, and in any
event Of discovery that any purchaser
has violated these regulations, and
! has secured more than their allot-
ment of sugar, the county food admin,
J istrator or other representatives of
: the United States food administration,
) will be directed to Immediately seize
!, such surplus of sugar as may have
been acquired, and in cases where vic,
lation of the rulings is discovered,
proceedings will be instituted against
such violators under the food admin.
!, istration laws.
Retailers
! Rule Retail dealers in sugar
shall make sales to conform to a per
, capita allotment of two pounds per
Iperson per month, and shall limit in
!, dividual sales to not more than two
, pounds of sugar at one time to per
,lson or family residing in CITY
) and not more than five pounds to a
!. Iperson or family residing in the coun
try, or at distance from point oil
, purchase. Cor the purpose of this
rule persons residing at distance OF
y five miles from point of purchase will
, be considered rural patrons, and may
be entitled to five pounds at a pur
Al chase, but In no event are they to re
> ceive more than the per capita allow
, ance of two pounds per person Pei
: month.
Rule Retail dealers are directed
}. to scrutinize closely all orders or re
y quests for sugar from persons who
, are not known to the grocer making
I the sale.
y Rule 3.-Retail grocers must moi
4 honor home preserving or home can
!, lining certificates which lack the sig
> nature or stamp of the county food
administration of the county in which
I the grocer conducts his business, mol
shall retailer honor home canning
/ certificate unless same has been duly
issued and authorized by the county
; food administrator of his county.
II Rule 4.-Retail dealers must under
? no circumstances sell sugar to manu-
facturers Of cold drinks, bottline
goods, ice cream, candies, bakeries OF
other persons using sugar for manu-
featuring purposes, public eating
places, hotels, restaurants, unless ths
! purchaser presents the certificates
) covering the specified amount of su
gar required or applied for.
i Rule 5.-Retail dealers are directed
to keep a record of all sugar sales
Al preferably as loose leaf ledger, anG
, place on separate pages the name Of
3 each customer with notation of the
/ date of sale, and the amount of su
gar furnished alone with the number
) of persons in the family of the pur
. chaser Retail dealers are expected
9 to cooperate with the food admins
!, tration in seeing that no person OF
/ mo family receives more than du:
) and proper allowance of sugar on the
: basis of two pounds per person PEI
month. Failure to keep record Of
: sales of sugar, may result in revoca
ton of privilege to obtain certificates
Rule 6.-Retailers will be held tt
a strict observance of the above rules