384 Milk and Its Products 



manufacturer of filled cheese who fails to comply with the provisions 

 of this section, or with the regulations herein authorized, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. 



SEC. 6. That filled cheese shall be packed by the manufacturers 

 in wooden packages only, not before used for that purpose, and 

 marked, stamped, and branded with the words "filled cheese," in 

 black-faced letters not less than two inches in length, in a circle in 

 the center of the top and bottom of the cheese; and in black-faced 

 letters of not less than two inches in length in line from the top to the 

 bottom of the cheese, on the side in four places equidistant from each 

 other; and the package containing such cheese shall be marked in the 

 same manner and in the same number of places, and in the same 

 description of letters as above provided for the marking of the cheese; 

 and all sales or consignments made by manufacturers of filled cheese 

 to wholesale dealers in filled cheese or to exporters of filled cheese 

 shall be in original stamped packages. Retail dealers in filled cheese 

 shall sell only from original stamped packages, and shall pack the filled 

 cheese, when sold, in suitable wooden or paper packages which shall 

 be marked and branded in accordance with the rules and regulations 

 to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the 

 approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Every person who know- 

 ingly sells or offers to sell, or delivers or offers to deliver, filled cheese 

 in any other form than in new wooden or paper packages, marked and 

 branded as hereinbefore provided and as above described, or who packs 

 in any package or packages filled cheese in any manner contrary to law, 

 or who falsely brands any package or affixes a stamp on any package 

 denoting a less amount of tax than that required by law, shall upon 

 conviction thereof be fined for each and every offense not less than 

 fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned 

 not less than thirty days nor more than one year. 



SEC. 7. That all retail and wholesale dealers in filled cheese shall 

 display in a conspicuous place in his or their salesroom a sign bear- 

 ing the words, "Filled cheese sold here" in black-faced letters not less 

 than six inches in length, upon a white ground, with the name and 

 number of the revenue district in which his or their business is con- 

 ducted; and any wholesale or retail dealer in filled cheese who fails 

 or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be fined for 

 each and every offense not less than fifty dollars and not more than 

 two hundred dollars. 



