400 Ninth Annual Report of the 



be prohibited. The commissioner of agriculture or persons em- 

 ployed by him for that purpose may at any time assist in mail- 

 ing tests of milk received at a butter or cheese factory for the 

 purpose of determining the efficiency of tests usually made at 

 such factory. All persons using other than standard bottles or 

 acid which is not of the required strength to accurately deter- 

 mine the amount of fats in milk, shall be subject to the penalties 

 prescribed by section thirty-seven of this article, and shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor. (As amended by chapter 544 of the Laws 

 of 1900.) 



§ 24. No person or persons shall hereafter, without the con- 

 sent of the owner or owners, shipper or shippers, use, sell, dis- 

 pose of, buy or traffic in any milk can or cans, cream can or cans 

 belonging to any dealer or dealers, shipper or shippers of milk 

 or cream residing in the state of New York or elsewhere, who 

 •may ship milk or cream to any city, town or place within this 

 state, having the name or initials of the owner or owners, dealer 

 or dealers, shipper or shippers, stamped, marked or fastened on 

 such can or cans, or wilfully mar, erase or change by remarking 

 or otherwise said name or initials of any such owner or owners, 

 dealer or dealers, shipper or shippers, so stamped, marked or 

 fastened upon said can or cans. Nor shall any person or per- 

 sons without the consent of the owner use such can or cans for 

 ;ny other purpose than for milk or cream; nor shall any person 

 or persons without the consent of the owner place in any such 

 can or cans any substance or substances, product or products 

 other than milk or cream. (As amended by chapter 375 of the 

 Laws of 1901.) 



People v. West, 106 N. Y. 293. 



People v. Hodnet, 68 Hun, 341; 22 N. Y. Supp. S09. 



People v. Eddy, 12 Id. 628. 



§ 25. Regulations in regard to condensed milk. — No condensed 

 milk shall be made or offered or exposed for sale or exchange 

 unless manufactured from pure, clean, healthy, fresh, unadul- 

 terated and wholesome milk from which the cream has not been 



