The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-07
Complete Official Food Rulings
Issued By State Food
Administrator BraxtOn Beacham

eRAxToN BEAcHAM, ORLANDO
County Food Administrator
J. WALKER POPE,
Winter Haven, Fla.
IN EFFECT IN POLK COUNTY
FLORIDA
SUGAR
Retailers
RULE Retail dealers in sugar
shall make sales to conform to per
capita allotment of two pounds per
person per month, and shall limit in.
dividual sales to not more than twJ
pounds Of sugar at one time to q
person or a family residing in city
and not more than five pounds to O
person or family residing in the
country, or at distance from point
of purchase (For the purpose of
this rule persons residing at a dis
lance of five miles from point OF
purchase will be considered rural pa.
irons, and may be entitled to five
pounds at a purchase, but in no event
are they to receive more than the
yer capita allowance of two pounds
per person per month.
RULE Retail dealers are di.
rccted to scrutinize closely all orders
or requests for sugar from persons
who are not known to the grocer
making the sale.
RULE 3.-Retail grocers must not
honor home preserving or home can
ming certificates which lack the sig
nature or stamp of the County Food
Administration of the County in
which the grocer conducts his bus
mess, nor shall retailer honor q
home canning certificate unless same
has been duly issued and authorized
by the County Food Administrator
of his county.
RULE 4.-Retail dealers must un
der no circumstances sell sugar Il
manufacturers of cold drinks, bot
Ting goods, ice cream, candies, bali
cries, or other persons using suga
for manufacturing purposes, publ
eating places, hotels restaurants, IN
less the purchaser presents the Gel
tifcates covering the specific amour
Of sugar required or applied for.
VA RULE 5.-Retail dealers are d
rected to keep record of all suga
sales, the name Of each custome
with notation of the date of sal
and the amount of sugar furnishe
along with the number of persons
the family of the purchaser. Reta
dealers are expected to cooperat
with the Food Administration in Sc
ing that no person or no family r.
ceives more than a due and prope
allowance Of sugar on the basis {
two pounds per person per mont
4 Failure to keep a record of sales {
sugar, may result in revocation
privilege to obtain certificates.
RULE 6.-Retails will be held to
strict observance of the above rule
and any violation or evasion of sam
will result in removal Of the priv
lege of buying sugar and the immed
ate demand of the return to the Fe'
eral Food Administrator of all ce
tificates issued and remaining in th
hands of the dealer found guilty i;
violating the rules, or such othe
penalty may be imposed as ma
seem required to properly meet tn
particular VlOldIlOn.
RULE Retail dealers in Pol
County will keep all sugar sales O
Flour Sales Blanks, using the le
side or column for sugar sales. SUI
ar sales will be kept and reporte
hereafter same as flour sales an
all reports are to be made MONTH
hereafter instead of semi.monthly &
heretofore. These reports mu
carry and show amount of both SUI
ar and -four on hand and receive
during the month.
Dealers are urgently requested
be careful in filling in reports. Don
use page for each day. Put da
OF sale in proper space Mark plat
ly your name and address at top
each page and Right Hand colun
Sugar.
Some dealers are so careless tn
the reports are valueless. Hereaft
all reports received that are not lie
ible will be returned. Dealers n
reporting by the fifth (5th) of ca,
month will receive official summon
to appear at the administration {
fee at once.
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