1908 Agricultural Law [Art. 3. 



cheddfr ^^ person shall sell, offer or expose for sale cheese commonly 



cheese. J^nowH as clioddur chcese made from skimmed or partially skimmed 



milk unless the same is branded to show that it is skim-milk cheese. 



Branding All such checsc SO sold, offered or exposed for sale shall be branded 



Cheddar 



cheese. wlth the words " skim-milk cheese," or if such cheese contains thir- 

 teen per centum of milk fat or over, it may be branded " medium 

 skim-milk cheese," or if it contains eighteen per centiun of milk 

 fat or over, it may be branded " special skim-milk cheese," 'Such 

 branding shall be upon the sides of both the cheese and the con- 

 tainer. The branding herein provided shall be in block letters at 

 least one-half an inch square. (As amended by chapter 456 of 

 the Laws of 1913.) 



§ 50. County trade marks. At a regular or special meeting of 

 Adoption a county dairymen's association in any county of the state there 

 trade mark, may bc adopted a county trade mark, by a majority of the mem- 

 bers present and voting, to be used as a trade mark by a person 

 manufacturing pure unadulterated butter or full-cream cheese in 

 Filing such county. The secretary of the association shall forthwith send 



trade mark. "^ , , ^ ^ 



to the commissioner of agriculture a copy of such trade mark, 

 which copy he shall place on file in his office, noting thereupon the 

 ment"^^" ^^^J ^^^^ hour he received the same. But one county trade mark 

 for butter and for cheese shall be placed on file for the same 

 county. 'No association shall adopt any trade mark of any county 

 already on file, or use that of any other county in the formation 

 of a trade mark. 



People V. Luhrs, 195 N. Y. 377. 



§ 51. Object and intent of this article. This article and each 

 hrTai'r°y° scctiou thcrcof are declared to be enacted to prevent deception in 

 the sale of dairy products, and to preserve the public health, which 

 is endangered by the manufacture, sale and use of the articles or 

 heauh. substances herein regulated or prohibited. 



§ 52. Penalties. Every person violating any of the provisions 



of this chapter, shall forfeit to the people of the state of New 



York the sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one 



''.'"V, hundred dollars for the first violation and not less than one hun- 



vlolatlon. 



products. 



Preserva 

 tion of 

 public 



