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having been manufactured and sold or removed from the manufac- 

 tory for consumption or use on or after the day this act takes effect; 

 and such stock on hand at the time of the taking effect of this act may 

 be stamped, marked, and branded under special regulations of the Com- 

 missioner of Internal Revenue, approved by the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may authorize the 

 holder of such packages to mark and brand the same and to affix thereto 

 the proper tax-paid stamps. 

 Approved June 6, 1896. 



THE NEW YORK LAW 



The law of the state of New York is typical of the state laws gov- 

 erning the manufacture, sale, and adulteration of dairy products. It 

 forms Chapter I. of the Consolidated Laws; the latter being Chapter 

 IX. of the Laws of 1909, passed February 17, 1909, and is as follows: 



ARTICLE III 



Dairy Products. 



SEC. 30. Definitions. The term "butter" when used in this article 

 means the product of the dairy, usually known by that term, which 

 is manufactured exclusively from pure, unadulterated milk or cream 

 or both with or without salt or coloring matter; and the term "cheese" 

 when used in this article, means the product of the dairy usually known 

 by that term, which is manufactured exclusively from pure, unadul- 

 terated milk or cream, or both, and with or without coloring matter, 

 salt, rennet, sage, olives, pimentos, walnuts, peanuts, tomatoes, celery 

 salt or onions added thereto as a flavor. And provided further, that 

 when manufactured by adding to the elemental product of the dairy, 

 usually known by the term "cheese," and manufactured exclusively 

 from pure unadulterated milk or cream or both, any pimentos, olives, 

 walnuts, peanuts, celery salt, tomatoes, or onions, that the percentage 

 of all such substances so added shall not exceed twenty-five per centum 

 in bulk of the manufactured product. 



The terms "oleomargarine," "butterine," "imitation of butter" 

 or "imitation cheese" shall be construed to mean any article or sub- 

 stance in the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of 

 the dairy and not made exclusively of pure or unadulterated milk or 



