﻿792 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Keport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  (21.) 
  Proprietors 
  and 
  managers 
  of 
  creameries 
  and 
  cheese 
  fac- 
  

   tories 
  must 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  annually, 
  on 
  blanks 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  him, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  dairy 
  products 
  handled 
  

   by 
  them, 
  etc. 
  

  

  (22.) 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  inspectors 
  and 
  

   agents 
  to 
  seize 
  any 
  food 
  and 
  dairy 
  products 
  or 
  substitutes 
  thereof, 
  

   if 
  held 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  law, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  forfeited 
  to 
  

   the 
  State. 
  

  

  (26.) 
  1^0 
  action 
  shall 
  be 
  maintained 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  any 
  sale 
  or 
  

   contract 
  made 
  in 
  \dolation 
  of 
  this 
  law. 
  

  

  Sections 
  relating 
  to 
  methods 
  of 
  procedure 
  and 
  penalties 
  are 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  above. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  295.) 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  who 
  receives 
  any 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  in 
  cans, 
  bottles 
  or 
  

   vessels 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  transported 
  over 
  railroads 
  or 
  boat 
  lines, 
  

   when 
  such 
  cans 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  returned, 
  shall 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  emp- 
  

   tied 
  before 
  the 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  shall 
  become 
  sour, 
  and 
  shall 
  cause 
  

   said 
  cans 
  to 
  be 
  immediately 
  cleaned 
  and 
  aired. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  

   chap. 
  203.) 
  

  

  The 
  city 
  councils 
  may 
  by 
  ordinance 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  

   of 
  milk 
  and 
  of 
  dairies 
  and 
  dairy 
  herds, 
  issue 
  licenses 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  

   of 
  milk, 
  and 
  authorize 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  to 
  enforce 
  ordinances, 
  

   appoint 
  inspectors 
  and 
  chemists 
  not 
  in 
  conflict 
  with 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  dairy 
  and 
  food 
  commissioner. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  chap. 
  203.) 
  

  

  MISSISSIPPI. 
  

   An 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  adulterated 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  any 
  substance 
  be 
  mixed 
  with 
  it 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  lower 
  or 
  injuriously 
  

   affect 
  its 
  quality 
  or 
  strength." 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  any 
  inferior 
  or 
  cheaper 
  substances 
  be 
  substituted 
  in 
  whole 
  

   or 
  in 
  part 
  for 
  the 
  article." 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  any 
  valuable 
  constituent 
  of 
  the 
  article 
  be, 
  in 
  whole 
  or 
  in 
  

   part, 
  abstracted 
  or 
  extracted." 
  

  

  