﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  763 
  

  

  CONNECTICUT. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  209 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1899 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  for 
  the 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  the 
  milk 
  traffic. 
  This 
  provides 
  for 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  a 
  milk 
  

   inspector 
  in 
  any 
  city 
  or 
  borough 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  all 
  milk 
  

   sold 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  all 
  animals 
  producing 
  such 
  milk 
  and 
  the 
  

   buildings 
  where 
  such 
  animals 
  are 
  kept 
  whether 
  the 
  same 
  be 
  within 
  

   the 
  limits 
  of 
  such 
  borough 
  or 
  city 
  or 
  not, 
  and 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  war- 
  

   dens 
  and 
  burgesses 
  or 
  common 
  council 
  may 
  prohibit 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  

   such 
  milk 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  such 
  borough 
  or 
  city, 
  excepting 
  

   by 
  such 
  persons 
  as 
  shall 
  register 
  their 
  names, 
  residences, 
  etc., 
  in 
  

   the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  such 
  borough 
  or 
  city; 
  the 
  clerk 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  fifteen 
  cents 
  for 
  each 
  name 
  registered. 
  

  

  Section 
  2 
  gives 
  the 
  inspector 
  or 
  assistant 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  take 
  sam- 
  

   ples 
  of 
  milk 
  from 
  any 
  producer 
  or 
  vendor 
  in 
  quantities 
  of 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  one 
  pint 
  upon 
  tender 
  of 
  the 
  market 
  price, 
  but 
  he 
  shall, 
  

   if 
  such 
  producer 
  or 
  vendor 
  so 
  request, 
  suitably 
  seal 
  and 
  mark 
  a 
  

   duplicate 
  sample 
  of 
  such 
  milk 
  and 
  leave 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  such 
  pro- 
  

   ducer 
  or 
  vendor. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  209.) 
  

  

  Money 
  is 
  appropriated 
  to 
  Storrs 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  for 
  in- 
  

   vestigations 
  of 
  the 
  bacteria 
  of 
  milk, 
  butter, 
  cheese 
  and 
  their 
  effects 
  

   in 
  the 
  dairy. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  chap. 
  226.) 
  

  

  Chapter 
  114 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1893 
  define-s 
  imitation 
  butter 
  as 
  

   " 
  Any 
  article 
  resembling 
  butter 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  not 
  made 
  

   wholly 
  from 
  the 
  milk 
  of 
  cows," 
  and 
  specifies 
  that 
  the 
  words 
  " 
  but- 
  

   ter," 
  " 
  dairv 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  creamery 
  " 
  shall 
  form 
  neither 
  the 
  whole 
  nor 
  

   a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  any 
  imitation 
  butter, 
  or 
  appear 
  upon 
  any 
  

   article, 
  or 
  upon 
  any 
  box, 
  tubs 
  or 
  packages 
  containing 
  imitation 
  

   butter. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  or 
  taking 
  orders 
  for 
  future 
  delivery 
  of 
  

   imitation 
  butter 
  is 
  prohibited, 
  unless 
  sold 
  under 
  certain 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  conditions. 
  Oleomargarine 
  may 
  be 
  manufactured 
  and 
  

   field 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  and 
  distinct 
  form, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  consumer 
  is 
  ad- 
  

   vised 
  of 
  its 
  true 
  character, 
  free 
  from 
  coloration 
  or 
  any 
  ingredient 
  

   that 
  causes 
  it 
  to 
  look 
  like 
  butter. 
  The 
  law 
  requires 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

  

  