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part, or unless the proportion of milk solids of same shall be in quantity the 

 equivalent of 12.51 per cent of milk solids in crude milk, and of which milk 

 solids 3.51 per cent shall be butter fats. No person shall manufacture, sell, 

 or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, any condensed or preserved 

 milk unless the same be put up, packed, or contained in packages with the 

 name of the manufacturer of the said milk distinctly branded or stamped 

 thereon. Whoever by himself or another violates any of the provisions of this 

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

 be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100, or be imprisoned for not less 

 than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or be punished by both such fine and 

 imprisonment for the first offense, and by a fine of $100 or imprisonment for 

 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment^ for each subsequent offense. 



236. No person or persons shall hereafter, without the consent of the owner 

 or shipper, use, sell, dispose of, buy, or traffic in any milk cans, cream cans, or 

 cases belonging to any dealer or shipper of milk or cream residing in the 

 State of Maryland or elsewhere, who may ship milk or cream to any city, town, 

 or place within this State, having the name or initials of the owners, dealers, 

 or shippers stamped, marked, or fastened on such cans, or willfully change by 

 re-marking or otherwise said name or initials of any such owner, dealer, or 

 shipper so stamped, marked, or fastened upon such cans ; nor shall any person, 

 without the consent of the owner, use such cans for any other purpose than 

 for milk or cream ; nor shall any person or persons, without the consent of the 

 owner, place in any such cans any substance or product other than milk or 

 cream. And any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a justice 

 of the peace of the city or county wherein the offense was committed, or in a 

 court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than $50 and cost of 

 prosecution; one-half of all fines imposed shall be paid to the informer, and 

 the other half of said fine shall be paid to the board of school commissioners 

 of the county or city of Baltimore in which the offense shall be committed; 

 and in default in the payment of said fine shnll be confined in the jail for a 

 period not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days. 



CHARTER. 



[1894, ch. 53.] 



74. The commissioner of health shall appoint all inspectors and analysts for 

 the proper inspection of milk or any and all other products offered for sale in 

 the city of Baltimore, or intended for consumption therein, as by ordinance may 

 be prescribed. 



ORDINANCES. 



Cows, cow stables, and dairies. 

 [Ord. 56, May 13, 1902, sec. 1.] 



33. Keeping cows Registration and permits. It shall not be lawful for any 

 person, persons, or corporation to keep or possess within the corporate limits of 

 Baltimore city any cow or cows, either for the conduct of dairy business or for 

 his or her personal use, unless and except such cow or cows shall be stabled on 

 or located and kept in and upon ground of not less than one-quarter acre in 

 area, all of said area not occupied by the stable to be accessible to said cows 

 and set apart for them for exercise and fresh air ; and upon the further express 

 condition precedent that a permit shall have first been obtained from the com- 

 missioner of health permitting such cow or cows to be located within the cor- 

 porate limits of the city of Baltimore as by this subdivision of this article 

 prescribed, which permit must designate upon its face specifically the location 

 for the keeping of such cow or cows. The violation of any of the regulations 

 and restrictions of this section shall subject the person, persons, or corporation 

 so violating to a fine of not more than $20 nor less than $5, and a further fine of 

 $1 for each day that the violation is continued after notice is given to discon- 

 tinue. (See State v. Broadbelt, 89 Md., 565.) 



