﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  819 
  

  

  • 
  

  

  produced 
  from 
  unadulterated 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  

   in 
  imitation 
  of 
  yellow 
  butter. 
  

  

  This 
  does 
  not 
  prohibit 
  the 
  manufacture 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  

   or 
  butterine, 
  or 
  similar 
  substance, 
  free 
  from 
  coloration 
  or 
  ingre- 
  

   dients 
  that 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  look 
  like 
  butter, 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  form 
  and 
  in 
  

   such 
  manner 
  as 
  will 
  advise 
  the 
  customer 
  of 
  its 
  real 
  character. 
  

   It 
  shall 
  be 
  unla^\'ful 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  offer, 
  oleomargarine, 
  butterine 
  or 
  

   similar 
  substance, 
  not 
  marked 
  distinctly 
  and 
  conspicuously 
  " 
  oleo- 
  

   margarine 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  butterine." 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  manufacture, 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  oleo- 
  

   margarine, 
  butterine 
  or 
  similar 
  substances 
  shall 
  first 
  obtain 
  from 
  

   the 
  dairy 
  and 
  food 
  commissioner 
  a 
  license 
  authorizing 
  him 
  to 
  

   engage 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  or 
  butterine, 
  

   for 
  which, 
  if 
  a 
  manufacturer, 
  he 
  shall 
  pay 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  

   annually; 
  if 
  a 
  wholesaler, 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  annually; 
  and 
  if 
  

   a 
  retailer, 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars; 
  if 
  a 
  restaurant 
  or 
  hotel 
  proprie- 
  

   tor, 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  annually; 
  and 
  if 
  a 
  boarding-house 
  keeper, 
  ten 
  

   dollars 
  annually. 
  The 
  dairy 
  and 
  food 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  furnish 
  

   to 
  those 
  who 
  pay 
  a 
  license 
  fee 
  signs 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  hung 
  up 
  in 
  

   a 
  conspicuous 
  i^lace 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  and 
  store 
  rooms. 
  Vendors, 
  after 
  

   securing 
  a 
  license, 
  shall 
  place 
  on 
  their 
  wagons, 
  in 
  large 
  letters, 
  the 
  

   sigh 
  " 
  Licensed 
  to 
  sell 
  oleomargarine 
  " 
  (or 
  butterine). 
  

  

  Licenses 
  expire 
  December 
  31st 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  ISTo. 
  

   136.) 
  

  

  RHODE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  Butter 
  firkins 
  or 
  tubs 
  made 
  or 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  

   branded 
  or 
  marked 
  with 
  the 
  weight 
  and 
  initial 
  letters 
  of 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  maker, 
  before 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  ; 
  two 
  pounds 
  are 
  allowed 
  for 
  

   the 
  soaking 
  of 
  brine. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  manufacture, 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  

   substance 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  semblance 
  of 
  butter, 
  or 
  into 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  introduced 
  oil 
  or 
  fat 
  of 
  animals, 
  not 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  milk, 
  or 
  

   melted 
  butter 
  or 
  any- 
  oil 
  thereof, 
  shall 
  stamp, 
  brand 
  or 
  mark 
  upon 
  

  

  