324 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



and punished with a fine of not less than fifty dollars; in the 

 case of vendors, and in the case of manufacturers and those falsely 

 or fradulently stamping or labeling such cans or jars, a fine of not 

 less than five hundred dollars not more than one thousand dollars, 

 and it shall be the duty of any board of health in this State cog- 

 nizant of any violation of this act to prosecute any person, firm, 

 or corporation which it has reason to believe has violated any of 

 the provisions of this act, and after deducting the costs of the 

 trial and conviction, to retain for the use of such board the balance 

 of the fine or fines recovered. 



PURE FOOD COMMISSIONER'S BILL 



For an act to provide for the appointment of a State Food Com- 

 missioner and to define his powers and duties and fix his 

 compensation, and to prohibit and prevent adulteration, fraud 

 and deception, in the manufacture and sale of articles of 

 food, and to repeal certain acts or parts of acts therein 

 named. 



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

 nois represented in the General Assembly: That the office of 

 State food commissioner for the State of Illinois is hereby 

 created. Within thirty days after this act shall take effect such 

 commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, and his term of office shall be for 

 two (2) years from the date of his appointment and until his 

 successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter the term of 

 office of the commissioner shall be for four years and until his 

 successor is qualified. The salary of the commissioner shall be 

 twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum and his neces- 

 sary and actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his official 

 duties. 



