648 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



Ing canned or condensed milk or cream, to knowingly offer such canned or pre- 

 served articles for sale for consumption in tliis state, unless the cans or jars which 

 contain the same shall bear the name, address and place of business of the person, 

 firm or corporation that canned or packed the articles so offered, or the name of 

 the wholesale dealer of the state who sells or otters the same for sale, together, in 

 all cases, with the name of the state, city, town or village, where the same were 

 packed plainly printed thereon, preceded by the words "packed at." Such name, 

 address and place of business shall be plainly printed on the label, together with 

 a mark or term indicating clearly the grade or quality of the articles contained 

 therein. 



SOAKED GOODS. 



Sec. 4995. All packers of and dealers in soaked goods, or goods put up 

 from products dried or cured before canning, shall in addition to complying with 

 the provisions of tlie preceding section, cause to be plainly branded on the face of 

 the label in legible type, one half of an inch in height and three-eighths of an inch 

 in width, the word "Soaked." 



PENALTY. 



Sec. 4096. Any packer or dealer who shall violate any of the provisions of 

 the two preceding sections shall be lined not more than fifty dollars for each 

 offense in th^ case of retail dealers, and in case of wholesale dealers or packers, 

 not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense. 



WHO DEEMED "PACKER' OR "DEALER." 



Sec. 4997. The terms "packer" and "dealer," as used in the three preced- 

 ing sections, shall include any firm or corporation doing business as a dealer in or 

 packer of the articles mentioned therein. 



INFORMATION BY BOARD OF HEALTH. 



Sec. 4998. It shall be the duty of any board of health, cognizant of any 

 violation of the provisions of the four preceding sections, to inform the county at- 

 torney, whose duty it shall be to institute proceedings against any person who is 

 charged with a violation of such provisions, and in case of conviction he shall 

 receive twenty-five per cent of the fines actually collected in addition to any 

 salary otherwise provided for. 



LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FRUITS, TREES AND PLANTS. 



SHADE TREES— TIMBER— DRAINAGE. 



Sec. 1556. The road supervisor shall not cut down or injure any tree grow- 

 ing by the wayside which does not obstruct the road, or which stands in front of 

 any town lot, inclosure or cultivated field, or any ground reserved for any public 

 use. and shall not enter upon any lands for the purpose of taking timber there- 

 from without first receiving permission from the owner or owners of said lands, 

 nor destroy or injure the ingress or egress to any property, or turn the natural 

 drainage of the surface water to the injury of adjoining owners ; but it shall be 

 the duty of the supervisor to use strict diligence in draining the surface water from 

 the public road in its natural channel, and to this end he may enter upon the ad- 

 joining lands for the purpose of removing obstructions from such natural channel 

 that impede the flow of such water. 



