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nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of salt, rennet, or 

 harmless coloring matter in making butter or cheese from such milk or cream. 



PACKAGE BRANDED. 



Sec. 2519. No one shall have in his possession or under his control, except 

 for the actual consumption of himself or family, any substance designed as a sub- 

 stitute for butter or cheese, unless the tub, firkin, box or package holding the same 

 is branded or marked as in this chapter required. Any person having in his pos- 

 session or under his control such substance, not so branded or marked, shall be 

 presumed to know its true character "and name. 



CONTRACTS INVALID. 



Sec. 2520. No action shall be maintained in any of the courts of the state 

 upon any contract or sale made m violation of or with the intent to violate any 

 provision of this chapter by one who was knowingly a party thereto. 



SEARCH WARRANTS— SAMPLES. 



Sec. 2521. Whoever shall have in possession or control any imitation but- 

 ter or cheese, or any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter or 

 cheese contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be held to have possession of 

 property with intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense, and all 

 the provisions of the chapter relating to search warrants and proceedings thereon 

 shall apply, except the officer serving the warrant, in addition to his duties as 

 therein required, shall deliver to the dairy commissioner, or to a person by him 

 authorized in writing to receive the same, a perfect sample of each article seized 

 by virtue of such warrant, for the purpose of having the same analyzed, and forth- 

 with return to the person from whom it was taken the remainder of each article 

 seized. If any sample is found to be imitation butter or cheese, or substance de- 

 signed to be used as a substitute for butter or cheese, it shall be returned to and 

 retained by the magistrate for the purposes contemplated in said chapter on 

 "search warrants and proceedings thereon," but if any sample be found not imita- 

 tion butter or cheese, or a substance designed to be used as a substitute therefor. 

 the value of the same shall be paid by the dairy commissioner as part of the ex- 

 penses of his oflBce, to the person from whom it was taken. 



MILK DEALERS— MANUFACTURERS AND PACKERS— REPORTS— PENALTY. 



Sec. 2522. Every city milk dealer, or every person furnishing milk or cream 

 to such dealer, or the employe of such milk dealer, and every person or corporation, 

 or the employe of such person or corporation, who operates a creamery, cheese or 

 condensed milk factory, or reworks or packs butter, shall maintain his premises 

 and utensils in a clean and hygenie condition, and shall make, upon blanks fur- 

 nished by the dairy commissioner, such reports and statistics as may be required 

 for the purpose of compiling statistics authorized by this chapter, and such dealer, 

 owner, operator or business manager shall make such returns and reports within 

 thirty days after receiving the proper blank form from the dairy commissioner 

 and shall certify to the correctness thereof. Whoever shall violate any provision 

 of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more 

 than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more 

 than thirty days. 



MILK TEST. 



Sec. 2528. Any person or corporation, or the employe of such person or 

 corporation, who operates a creamery or cheese or condensed milk factory, and 

 uses a chemical milk test to determine the quantity of butter fat in milk purchased 

 used or received, shall so use only such tests as shall be clear oil, free from any 

 foreign substance, and produce correct measurements of butter fat, and every 

 such person or corporation using a milk test shall procure from the dairy com- 



