﻿798 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Kepoht 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  by 
  any 
  person, 
  firm 
  or 
  corporation 
  

   knowingly 
  a 
  party 
  to 
  such 
  -wrongful 
  sale 
  or 
  other 
  contract, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  made 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  to 
  mutilate, 
  obscure, 
  conceal, 
  etc., 
  any 
  

   mark 
  provided 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  or 
  permit 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  

   intent 
  to 
  mislead 
  and 
  deceive. 
  

  

  " 
  Whoever 
  sells 
  or 
  offers 
  for 
  sale, 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  asks, 
  sends 
  

   or 
  inquires 
  for 
  butter, 
  imitation 
  butter, 
  or 
  imitation 
  cheese, 
  or 
  

   any 
  substance 
  made 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  or 
  semblance 
  of 
  pure 
  butter, 
  

   not 
  made 
  entirely 
  from 
  milk 
  of 
  cows, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  coloring 
  

   matter, 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  fraud," 
  and 
  punishable 
  by 
  a 
  fine. 
  (Com- 
  

   piled 
  Statutes 
  of 
  1897.) 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  This 
  section 
  creates 
  a 
  Food 
  Commission, 
  with 
  

   headquarters 
  at 
  the 
  Capitol. 
  

  

  Section 
  2. 
  The 
  Governor 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  Food 
  Com- 
  

   missioner. 
  

  

  Section 
  4. 
  The 
  said 
  Food 
  Commissioner 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  

   enforcement 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  acts 
  heretofore 
  passed 
  

   or 
  that 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  passed, 
  concerning 
  dairy 
  products, 
  cider 
  

   or 
  vinegar, 
  or 
  any 
  imitation 
  or 
  adulteration 
  thereof. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  said 
  Food 
  Commissioner 
  shall 
  have 
  control 
  over 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  of 
  testing 
  milk 
  and 
  cream 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Nebraska, 
  on 
  the 
  

   farm, 
  in 
  the 
  factory, 
  skimming 
  station, 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  depot, 
  milk 
  

   or 
  cream 
  wagon, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  place 
  where 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  is 
  bought 
  

   or 
  sold, 
  and 
  may 
  make 
  such 
  regulations 
  concerning 
  the 
  testing 
  

   of 
  milk 
  and 
  cream 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  reasonable 
  and 
  just, 
  and 
  shall 
  

   have 
  powder 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  minimum 
  standard 
  of 
  butter 
  fat 
  in 
  

   milk 
  and 
  cream." 
  

  

  The 
  powers 
  and 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  Food 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  his 
  

   duly 
  authorized 
  agents 
  are 
  defined 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  inspection 
  

   of 
  creameries, 
  cheese 
  factories, 
  skimming 
  stations, 
  cider 
  and 
  vine- 
  

   gar 
  manufactories, 
  farm 
  buildings, 
  carriages, 
  cars, 
  etc., 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  dairy 
  products, 
  cider 
  or 
  vinegar, 
  or 
  

   any 
  imitation 
  thereof. 
  They 
  can 
  take 
  samples 
  and 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  

   analyzed 
  by 
  a 
  competent 
  chemist, 
  the 
  chemist 
  to 
  be 
  allowed 
  a 
  

  

  