276 Milk and Its Products. 



offending be the manufacturer of or a wholesale dealer in oleomar- 

 garine, all the oleomargarine owned by him, or in which he has 

 any interest as owner, shall be forfeited to the United States. 



Sec. 19. That all fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed by 

 this act may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. 



Sec. 20. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the 

 approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may make all needful reg- 

 ulations for the carrying into effect of this act. 



Sec. 21. That this act shall go into effect on the ninetieth day 

 after its passage ; and all wooden packages containing ten or more 

 pounds of oleomargarine found on the premises of any dealer on 

 or after the ninetieth day succeeding the date of the passage of 

 this act shall be deemed to be taxable under section eight of this 

 act, and shall be taxed, and shall have affixed thereto the stamps, 

 marks, and brands required by this act or by regulations made 

 pursuant to this act ; and for the purposes of securing the affixing 

 of the stamps, marks, and brands required by this act, the oleomar- 

 garine shall be regarded as having been manufactured and sold, or 

 removed from the manufactory for consumption or use, on or after 

 tbe 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 Commissioner of Internal 

 Revenue, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and the Com- 

 missioner of Internal Revenue may authorize the holder of such 

 packages to mark and brand the same and to affix thereto the pro- 

 per tax-paid stamps. 



Approved August 2, 1886. 



THE FILLED CHEESE LAW. 



AN ACT defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regiilating the 

 manufacture, sale, importation and exportation of "filled cheese." 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- 

 poses of this act, the word " cheese " shall be understood to mean 

 the food product known as cheese, and which is made from milk 

 or cream, and without the addition of butter, or any animal, vege- 

 table, or other oils or fats foreign to such milk or cream, with or 

 without additional coloring matter. 



