502 Third Annual REroRT of the 



OHIO. 



Section 8 of this law relates to the packing, boxing, etc., as butter 

 or cheese, falsely, sio as to conceal an inferior article by placing a 

 mark of a fair grade of butter or cheese upon the surface of the 

 same. (Laws 1886, p. 180.) 



Chapter 151 of the Laws of 1892 relates to the stamping of grade 

 and place of manufacture of cheese, and the penalties are pre- 

 scribed for selling unstamped cheese, falsifying and removing or 

 defacing stamp. 



Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1894 amends the general law and 

 provides for the election by the people of a dairy and food com- 

 missioner and defines his powers. 



OREGON. 



If any suspected diseased oows are kept in and about any dairy, 

 and if in a filthy and unhealthful condition, the State veterinarian 

 is to be notified by the dairy and food commissioner; said com- 

 missioner notifies the proprietor that said dairy must be put in 

 a healthful condition within three days; if neglected the commis- 

 sioner is to see that it is done, and the proprietor is to pay the ex- 

 pense. The use of boxes of one creamery for the purpose of sell- 

 ing the butter of any other creamery or dairyman is punishable 

 by fines and penalties. 



The fines collected from prosecutions go to the common school 

 fund of the State. (Laws 1893, p. 99.) 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



This law is to prevent and i)unish the wrongful use, detention 

 or misappropriation of milk cans, butter tubs and market boxes 

 from the owners thereof, and mutilation or obliteration of the 

 name or residence of the owner on such cans, tubs, or boxes. 

 (Laws 1889, No. 81.) 



A department of agriculture is established with a secretary 

 of agriculture, whose duties are defined; also a live stock sanitary 

 board " for the protection of health and the eradication of danger- 

 ous diseases among domestic animals." (Laws 1895, Nos. 8 and 

 66.) 



