468 Third Annual Report of the 



sis, if not exceeding $20, may be included in the costs of prosecut- 

 ing proceedings to be brought in the name of the board of health. 

 (Laws 1885, No. 186.) 



Number 236 of the Laws of 1895, prohibits the adulteration of 

 milk by the addition of so-called preservatives, " The sale or offer- 

 ing for sale of milk for human consumption to which has been 

 added boracic acid, salts of boracic, salicylic acid^ salicylate of 

 «oda or any other acid*, drug, compound or substance, shall be a 

 misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one 

 hundred dollars, or an imprisonment not exceeding three months 

 or both or either at the discretion of the court." 



Chapter 835 of the Laws of 1890, regulates the railroad rates 

 for the transportation of milk. 



Milk inspectors are required to take two samples of every 

 portion of suspected food products. (Laws 1891, chap. 979.) 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

 The sale of milk which is unclean, impure, unwholesome, adul- 

 terated, or skimmed is prohibited; except that the sale of butter- 

 milk or skimmed milk is allowed when sold as such. (Laws 1896, 

 No. 96, p. 215.) 



TENNESSEE. 

 The use of skimmed milk is allowed in the manufacture of 

 butter and cheese. (Laws 1879, chap. 169.) 



UTAH. 



It is unlawful to offer for sale^ have in possession with intent 

 to sell or furnish to any person whatever any adulterated or 

 impure milk. Milk that is diluted or drawn from cows diseased 

 is deemed adulterated and impure. The sale of skinfmed milk is 

 allowed if the vessel or package containing the same is distinctly 

 marked with the words " skimmed milk." Proof of adulteration 

 and skimming may be made with standard tests and lactometers 

 or by chemical analysis. The sale, having in possession with 

 intent to sell or delivering to a creamery or cheese factory of milk 

 to which boracic acid or salicylic acid or compounds containing 

 these or other antiseptics injurious to health have been added is 



