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Protect Butter and Cheese Manufacturers, 
Passed n^Carcla., 1869. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois , represented in the General 
Assembly: 
Section 1. Whoever shall knowingly sell, supply, or bring to be manufac¬ 
tured, to any Cheese Manufactory in this State, any milk diluted with water, 
or in any way adulterated, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or 
milk commonly known as “ skimmed milk,” or whoever shall keep any part 
of the milk known as “strippings,” or whoever shall knowingly bring or 
supply milk to any Cheese Manufactory that is tainted or partly sour from 
want of proper care in keeping pails, strainers, or any vessels in which said 
milk is kept, clean and sweet, after being notified of such taint or careless¬ 
ness, or any Cheese Manufacturer who shall knowingly use, or direct any of 
his employes to use, for his or their individual benefit, any cream of the milk 
brought to said Cheese Manufacturer, without the consent of all the owners 
thereof, shall, for each and every offense, forfeit and pay a sum of not less 
than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, with the costs 
of suit, to be sued for in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the benefit 
of the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation, or their assignees, 
upon whom such fraud be committed. 
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Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 
