472 Third Annual Report of the 



plications for brands to be made on or before the 1st day of Octo- 

 ber, 1895, and on or before the 1st day of April thereafter. Brands 

 are to be registered^ and a registration fee of one dollar is required^ 

 which becomes part of the fund for the enforcement of the dairy 

 laws. The kn'owingly offering, selling or exposing for sale, of any 

 package of cheese which is falsely branded or labeled is jirohibite^. 



(Laws 1895, No. 193.) 



MINNESOTA. 



Cheese branded " Mnnesota State full cream cheese," must 



contain not less than 40 per centum of fat to total solids. (G. L, 



1889, chap. 247.) 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



Cheese factories, creameries, or combined cheese factories and 

 creameries, are required to procure a stencil or brand bearing 

 a suitable device and words clearly designating the quality of the 

 product manufactured, the number and location of the factory^ 

 and may contain a special or private brand or name of said 

 factory; every brand shall be used upon the outside of the cheese 

 and also upon the package containing the same, but in the case 

 of butter, on the package only, and shall report annually to the 

 commissioner of agriculture and labor, who, by virtue of his 

 oflSce, is State dairy commissioner^ the name, location and num- 

 ber of each factory using said brand, and the name or names of 

 the persons at each manufactory authorized to use the same, 

 together with a copy of such stencil or brand; and the State dairy 

 commissioner shall keep a book in which shall be registered the 

 same. The violation of this provision of this chapter is deemed 

 a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 

 nor more than |50 for each and every offense. (P. C. ; R. C, 1895, 

 chap 67, § 7646.) 



When imitation cheese or " filled cheese " is sold or manufac- 

 tured it is required that each package of the same shall be 

 stamped on the top and side, with lampblack and oil, the words, 

 " filled cheese," or words that shall designate the exact character 

 and quality of the product. It is deemed a misdemeanor to violate 

 this provision, and is punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, 

 (P. C; R. C, 1895, chap. 67, § 7641.) 



