246 Milk and Its Products. 
offending be the manufacturer of or w wholesale dealer in oleomar- 
garine, all the oleomargarine owncd by him, or in which he has 
any interest as owner, shall be forfeited to the United States. 
Src. 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 regulating 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 ai to such milk or cream, with or 
without additional coloring matt 
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