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tions were refused. We then, after sentence was imposed upon tiie 

 agent, and procuring security for (he payment of the costs, appealed 

 the cases to Hie Superior Court (April term No. 90), where they are 

 now pending. After an unsucccsslul attempt in petitioning the court 

 to restrai!! the sherilT from collecting the costs, they were paid under 

 protest. The api)cal to the Superior Court was for the purpose of 

 having decided the tight of a grand jury to place the costs upon a 

 public oilicer, who had acted only in the performance of his duty 

 under the law. 



We have found that manufacturers beyood the State borders 

 have been, for the purpose of evading the law, establishing places 

 of business in certain sections of the State, having an agent 

 take orders for oleo from customers and sending the order to the 

 manufacturers beyond the State borders, where they are filled and 

 shipped in their own cars to the houses in the State and there de- 

 livered by the agents. By detecting and prosecuting these agents 

 we have succeeded to some extent in checking this method and hope 

 to successfully put a stop to this traffic. To more successfully enforce 

 the law in the larger cities, we have placed in the hands of the mag- 

 istrates a docket, prepared by our attornej', and we hope by this 

 means to be able to check appeals and certioraries of cases to court. 



Pure Food Act. 



In the enforcement of this act, we have had collected and analyzed 

 by our chemists, 710 samples, and of this number, 475 samples were 

 found to be pure, or properly labeled, and 23.5 samples were found 

 to be adulterated or not properly labeled. We have prosecuted 183 

 cases, and of this number, 82 cases have been terminated and 101 

 cases are still pending owing to appeals and postponements. We 

 have collected and paid into the State Treasury $4,883.23 in fine^' 

 ajid costs. 



There was, after the most careful consideration, compiled 

 and placed in the hands of the trade, Bulletin No. 80, ''Rulings, 

 Definitions and Standards of Food Products." This work has been 

 of valuable assistance to us in the discharge of our official duties. 

 Manufacturers are now making an honest effort to have their pro- 

 ducts upon the markets of the State branded to comply with the re- 

 quirements of the law. In the beginning of the year, our agents 

 found the branding of certain articles were not in compliance with 

 the requirements of the law, but at this date manufacturers, in gen- 

 eral, appear to be making an effort to have these articles properly 

 branded. 



We have found that the use of preservatives in foods is being 

 practiced to a very large extent. In our investigations we find tliat 



