ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 231 



Illinois Dairy and Food Laws 



In Force July 1, 1907 



An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imi- 

 tation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufac 

 ture and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded food, 

 liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of 

 a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their 

 powers and duties and to repeal all acts relating to the pro- 

 duction, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products 

 and liquors in conflict herewith. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illi- 

 nois, represented in the General Assembly : 



Provision for appointment of a State Food Commissioner 

 and the establishment of a State Food Department. That the 

 Governor shall appoint a commissioner, who shall be known as 

 the State Food Commissioner, who shall be a citizen of the State 

 of Illinois, and who shall hold his office for the term of four years 

 and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall 

 receive a salary of thirty hundred dollars per annum and his 

 necessary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his 

 official duties, and who shall be charged with the enforcement 

 of all laws that now exist or that hereafter may be enacted in 

 this State regarding the production, manufacture, sale and label- 

 ing of food herein defined, and to prosecute or cause to be prose- 

 cuted any person, firm or corporation, or agent thereof, engaged 

 in the manufacture or sale of any article manufactured or sold 

 in violation of the provisions of any such law or laws. The 



