500 Third Annual Report of the 



MAINE. 



Chapter 144 of the Laws of 1895 fixes a penalty for holding any 

 diseased meat or milk for human food; suspected cases of tuber- 

 culosis or glanders to be Investigated by local boards of health, 

 and the State cattle commissioners are to be notified. 



MIOHIGAX. 



Number 245 of the Laws of 1895 amends sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 

 9 of the Laws of 1893, and increases the powers and duties of the 

 dairy and food commissioner. It fixes his salary and provides for 

 the appointment of clerks, inspectors and State analyst; specifies 

 the duties of the dairy and food commissioner as to the examina- 

 tion of food and drink products. An annual report is to be made 

 to the Grovernor on or before the 1st day of July in each year and 

 the commissioner is to prepare, print and distribute monthly 

 bulletins. Penalties are provided for willfully hindering or 

 obstructing the dairy and food commissioner, his deputies or in- 

 spectors, and an appropriation is made for the carrying out of 

 the provisions of the law. 



Number 249 of the Laws of 1895 authorizes the Michigan dairy- 

 men's association to hold a State institute or institutes, and to 

 give instructions to the citizens of the State in the various 

 branches of dairying, and makes an appropriation of |1,000 there- 

 for. 



MINNESOTA. 



Chapter 202 of the Laws of 1895 requires that cans, bottles or 

 vessels containing milk or cream transported over any railroad 

 or boat-line, and to be returned, shall be emptied before said milk 

 or cream becomes sour, and shall be immediately washed and 

 thoroughly cleansed and aired. Penalties are fixed for the viola- 

 tion of the law, and the dairy and food commissioner is charged 

 witli its enforcement; fines accruing from prosecutions are to be 

 credited by the State treasurer to the dairy and food commissioner 



fund. 



MISSOURI. 



The State board of health may call on the veterinarian to in- 

 spect diseased animals and foods therefrom. (Laws 1895, p. 37.) 



