﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  757 
  

  

  one 
  cent 
  per 
  poimd; 
  import 
  duty, 
  six 
  cents 
  per 
  pound, 
  and 
  in- 
  

   ternal 
  revenue 
  tax 
  on 
  imported 
  filled 
  cheese 
  is 
  eight 
  cents 
  per 
  

   pound. 
  Original 
  packages 
  must 
  be 
  branded 
  '' 
  Filled 
  Cheese/' 
  and 
  

   signs 
  must 
  be 
  displayed 
  wherever 
  sales 
  are 
  made. 
  

  

  Manufacturers 
  are 
  taxed 
  $400; 
  wholesale 
  dealers 
  are 
  taxed 
  

   $250; 
  retail 
  dealers 
  are 
  taxed 
  $12. 
  

  

  Import 
  duty 
  on 
  sugar 
  of 
  milk 
  is 
  five 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  (Forty- 
  

   ninth 
  Congress, 
  Session 
  I, 
  1886, 
  chap. 
  841. 
  Fifty-first 
  Congress, 
  

   Session 
  I, 
  1890, 
  chap. 
  1244. 
  Fifty-fourth 
  Congress, 
  Session 
  I, 
  

   1896, 
  chap. 
  337. 
  Fifty-fifth 
  Congress, 
  Session 
  I, 
  Schedule 
  A, 
  

   236-239.) 
  

  

  ALABAMA. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  imitation 
  butter 
  is 
  prohibited 
  for 
  

   use 
  in 
  hotels, 
  eating-houses, 
  etc., 
  and 
  in 
  hospitals, 
  schools 
  or 
  penal 
  

   institutions, 
  unless 
  the 
  consumer 
  is 
  advised 
  of 
  its 
  real 
  character, 
  

   free 
  from 
  coloration 
  or 
  ingredient 
  that 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  look 
  like 
  butter, 
  

   by 
  having 
  it 
  stamped 
  by 
  its 
  true 
  name. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  1. 
  Makes 
  it 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  ^Agriculture 
  

   to 
  inquire 
  into 
  and 
  examine 
  into 
  the 
  sale 
  or 
  delivery 
  within 
  this 
  

   State 
  of 
  imitation 
  butter. 
  He 
  has 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  examine 
  wit- 
  

   nesses 
  and 
  administer 
  oaths, 
  and 
  if 
  an 
  offense 
  has 
  been 
  com- 
  

   mitted 
  against 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  

   investigation, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  evidence, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  reported 
  to 
  

   the 
  solicitor 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  circuit 
  or 
  county, 
  to 
  be 
  laid 
  before 
  the 
  

   grand 
  jury. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  The 
  expenses 
  incurred 
  under 
  the 
  pro'^dsions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   shall 
  be 
  paid 
  from 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   derived 
  from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  tags. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  Ko. 
  597.) 
  

  

  This 
  law 
  provides 
  a 
  penalty 
  for 
  the 
  adulteration 
  of 
  sugar, 
  

   syrup 
  or 
  molasses, 
  lard, 
  butter 
  or 
  other 
  articles 
  of 
  food, 
  or 
  the 
  

   selling, 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  exposing 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  oleomargarine, 
  

   cotton-seed 
  oil 
  or 
  fatine 
  hiiiier, 
  without 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  by 
  name 
  or 
  brand, 
  and 
  informing 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  purchaser 
  

  

  