﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageicultuee, 
  793 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  it 
  he 
  an 
  imitation 
  of 
  or 
  sold 
  nnder 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  another 
  

   article." 
  

  

  " 
  Tf 
  it 
  consist, 
  in 
  M-hole 
  or 
  in 
  part, 
  of 
  a 
  diseased 
  or 
  decom- 
  

   posed, 
  or 
  putrid 
  or 
  rotten 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  substance, 
  Tvhether 
  

   manufactured 
  or 
  not; 
  or 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  milk, 
  if 
  it 
  be 
  the 
  produce 
  of 
  a 
  diseased 
  animal." 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  it 
  be 
  colored 
  or 
  coated, 
  or 
  powdered 
  or 
  polished, 
  whereby 
  

   damage 
  is 
  concealed, 
  or 
  it 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  appear 
  better 
  than 
  it 
  really 
  

   is, 
  or 
  of 
  greater 
  value; 
  or 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  it 
  contain 
  any 
  added 
  poisonous 
  ingredient, 
  or 
  any 
  ingredi- 
  

   ent 
  injurious 
  to 
  health; 
  but 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  mix- 
  

   tures 
  or 
  compounds 
  recognized 
  as 
  ordinary 
  articles 
  of 
  food." 
  

   (Sec. 
  2,096, 
  A. 
  C. 
  1892, 
  chap. 
  50.) 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  any 
  person 
  shall 
  sell, 
  keep 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  adulterated 
  

   food 
  or 
  drug, 
  the 
  w^hole 
  of 
  the 
  adulterated 
  article 
  shall 
  be 
  for- 
  

   feited 
  to 
  the 
  county." 
  (Sec. 
  2107, 
  A. 
  C. 
  1892.) 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  milking 
  the 
  cow 
  of 
  another 
  knowingly 
  without 
  his 
  

   consent, 
  or 
  confining 
  a 
  calf 
  with 
  any 
  milch 
  cow 
  not 
  his 
  own 
  with 
  

   intent 
  to 
  procure 
  milk 
  from 
  such 
  cow 
  without 
  the 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  is 
  punishable 
  by 
  a 
  fine. 
  (Sec. 
  1187, 
  A. 
  C. 
  1892.) 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  person 
  who 
  sells 
  or 
  manufactures, 
  exposes 
  or 
  offers 
  for 
  sale, 
  

   as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food, 
  any 
  oleomargarine 
  or 
  other 
  substance 
  in 
  imi- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  any 
  article 
  of 
  food, 
  without 
  disclosing 
  the 
  imitation 
  by 
  

   a 
  suitable 
  and 
  plainly 
  visible 
  mark 
  or 
  brand, 
  indicating 
  and 
  nam- 
  

   ing 
  what 
  the 
  substance 
  really 
  is, 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor. 
  

   (Sec. 
  1242, 
  A. 
  C. 
  1892, 
  Laws 
  1882, 
  p. 
  85.) 
  

  

  A 
  privilege 
  tax 
  is 
  levied 
  on 
  oleomargarine 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  each 
  dealer 
  in 
  oleomargarine 
  or 
  similarly 
  manufactured 
  

   butter 
  (and 
  this 
  shall 
  apply 
  even 
  though 
  a 
  party 
  has 
  paid 
  a 
  tax 
  

   as 
  other 
  dealer), 
  $5." 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  chap. 
  5.) 
  

  

  MISSOURI. 
  

  

  Imitation 
  butter 
  is 
  every 
  article, 
  substitute 
  or 
  compound 
  other 
  

   than 
  that 
  produced 
  from 
  pure 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  sem- 
  

  

  