﻿750 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Attciitii»ii 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  epitome 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   the 
  States 
  and 
  Territories. 
  The 
  intention 
  is 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  

   their 
  chnrnctor 
  in 
  hricf 
  form; 
  therefore, 
  the 
  penalties 
  and 
  methods 
  

   of 
  prosecutions 
  have 
  been 
  generally 
  omitted, 
  but 
  fuller 
  inforraa- 
  

   tion 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  by 
  tracing 
  up 
  the 
  references 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  each 
  abstract: 
  

  

  UXITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  The 
  import 
  duty 
  on 
  fresh 
  milk 
  is 
  two 
  cents 
  per 
  gallon, 
  and 
  

   on 
  preserved, 
  condensed 
  or 
  sterilized 
  milk 
  is 
  two 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  Butter 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  the 
  food 
  product 
  usually 
  kno\vn 
  as 
  butter, 
  

   and 
  made 
  exclusivelv 
  from 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  Anth 
  or 
  without 
  salt 
  

   or 
  color. 
  

  

  The 
  import 
  duty 
  is 
  six 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  Cheese 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  the 
  food 
  product 
  known 
  as 
  cheese, 
  and 
  

   made 
  exclusively 
  from 
  milk 
  or 
  cream. 
  The 
  import 
  duty 
  is 
  six 
  

   cents 
  per 
  poimd. 
  

  

  Each 
  original 
  package 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  or 
  filled 
  cheese 
  must 
  

   be 
  labeled 
  as 
  prescribed. 
  Regulations 
  for 
  reports 
  of 
  manufactur- 
  

   ers, 
  not 
  covered 
  by 
  law, 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Internal 
  

   Revenue.* 
  

  

  Oleomargarine 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  certain 
  manufactured 
  substances, 
  

   extracts, 
  mixtures 
  and 
  compounds, 
  including 
  such 
  mixtures 
  and 
  

   compounds 
  with 
  butter, 
  made 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  butter 
  and 
  intended 
  

   to 
  be 
  sold 
  for 
  butter. 
  It 
  is 
  taxed 
  two 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  (except 
  that 
  

   for 
  export, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  taxed). 
  

  

  Import 
  duty 
  is 
  six 
  cents 
  per 
  pound, 
  and 
  internal 
  revenue 
  tax 
  

   on 
  imported 
  oleomargarine 
  is 
  fifteen 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  Manufacturers 
  are 
  taxed 
  $600; 
  wholesale 
  dealers, 
  $480; 
  retail- 
  

   ers, 
  $48. 
  

  

  Tilled 
  cheese 
  is 
  defijied 
  as 
  a 
  substance 
  made 
  from 
  milk 
  or 
  

   skimmed 
  milk 
  with 
  admixture 
  of 
  butter, 
  oils 
  or 
  compounds 
  for- 
  

   eign 
  to 
  such 
  milk, 
  and 
  made 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  cheese, 
  and 
  is 
  taxed 
  

  

  *The 
  Grout 
  bill 
  now 
  before 
  Congress 
  provides 
  for 
  reducing 
  the 
  tax 
  on 
  

   uncolored 
  oleomargarine 
  to 
  one-quarter 
  cent 
  per 
  pound, 
  and 
  increasing 
  the 
  

   tax 
  on 
  the 
  article 
  when 
  colored 
  to 
  resemble 
  butter 
  to 
  ten 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  