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shall not apply to pure skim cheese made from milk which is 

 clean, pure, healthy, wholesome and unadulterated, except by skim- 

 ming. 



Sec. 32. Packages to he branded with name of maker. — No man- 

 ufacturer of receptacles for the package of butter shall sell or dis- 

 pose of any such receptacle without branding his name and the 

 true weight of the receptacle upon the same with legible letters or 

 figures not less than one-quarter of an inch in length. No person 

 shall sell, or offer for sale, any package containing butter or lard 

 packed by him unless the true weight thereof, with the initial let- 

 ters of the name of the person packing such butter or lard, be 

 marked or stamped in a legible manner on the side or head of such 

 package. 



Sec. 33. Manufacturer's brand of cheese. — Every manufacturer 

 of full milk cheese may put a brand upon each cheese indicating 

 "full milk cheese," and the date of the month and year when 

 made, and no person shall use such a brand upon any cheese made 

 from milk from which any of the cream has been taken. The 

 Commissioner of Agriculture shall procure and issue to the cheese 

 manufacturers of the state, on proper application therefor, and under 

 such regulations as to the custody and use thereof as he may pre- 

 scribe, a uniform stencil brand, bearing a suitable device or motto, 

 and the words, "New York state full cream cheese." Every such 

 brand shall be used upon the outside of the cheese and upon the 

 package containing the same, and shall bear a different number for 

 each separate factory. The Commissioner shall keep a book, in 

 which shall be registered the name, location and number of each 

 manufactory using the brand, and the name or names of the per- 

 sons at each manufactory authorized to use the same. No such 

 brand shall be used upon any other than full-cream cheese or pack- 

 ages containing the same. 



Sec. 34. Use of false brand prohibited. — No person shall offer, 

 sell, or expose for sale, in any package, butter or cheese which is 

 falsely branded or labeled. 



Sec. 35. County trade-marks. — At a regular or special meeting 

 of a county dairyman's association in any county of the state there 

 may be adopted a county trade-mark, by a majority of the mem- 

 bers present and voting, to be used as a trade-mark by am* 



*So in the original. 



