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No person sliall sell or offer for sale or exchange, in hermeti- 

 cally sealed cans, any condensed milk or condensed skim-milk, 

 unless in cans which are distinctly labeled with the rname of the 

 person or company manufacturing said condensed milk or skim- 

 milk, the brand under which it is made, and the contents of the 

 •can. Condensed milk sold from cans or packages not hermeti- 

 cally sealed shall be branded or labeled with the name of the 

 manufacturer. Any person violating this provision of the act 

 shall be subject to the same penalties as for the adulteration of 

 milk. (Laws, 1896, chap. 264.) 



Chapter 398 of the Laws of 1896 amends section 7 of chapter 57 

 of the Public Statutes as amended by section 7 of chapter 352 of 

 the Laws of 1885, and provides that when skimmed milk is sold, ex- 

 changed or delivered, the vessel, can or package shall be distinctly 

 marked with the words " skimmed milk; " a penalty is provided 

 for the violation of the law. Section 4 of chapter 318, Laws of 

 1886, is also amended, and forbids the making or causing to be 

 made, using or having in possession any imitation or counterfeit 

 of any seal used by any inspector of milk, collector of samples or 

 other oflQcial engaged in the inspection of milk and the changing 

 or in any way tampering with any sample taken or sealed as pro- 

 vided for by this law. The violation of the same is punishable by 

 fine and imprisonment. 



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Number 219 of the Laws of 1889, amends sections 1 to 5 of the 

 Laws of 1887, and adds new sections. It is unlawful to sell un- 

 wholesome milk. No addition of water or ice is an adulteration. 

 Skimmed milk is not allowed to be sold unless notices are dis- 

 played by the dealer himself or another with the words "skimmed 

 milk." A standard for milk is established and the duties of in- 

 spectors are specified. Penalties are prescribed for the selling of 

 skimmed milk or adulterated milk to a manufactory when milk is 

 a material used in the process of production and^ also, for the 

 violation of preceding sections of the law. 



