of commercial feeding-stuffs and others and are printed as being of possible service to others interested.

Ruling No. 1. The law commonly known as the pure food law is to be officially designated as the “Food and Drugs Act of Georgia," approved August 21, 1906.

Ruling No. 2. All foods offered for sale in the State of Georgia must be so branded or labeled as to truly set forth the composition or contents of the food or drink so offered for sale, and if such foods or drinks are imitation, compound, blended, or adulterated, those words, viz.: "imitation," "compound," etc., must immediately precede or follow the names of the articles described, and must be in the same size and style of type and on the same kind of background as the word or words with which they are associated.

Ruling No. 3. Three guarantees are required on our registration sheet, viz.: the minimum percentage of fat and protein, and the maximum percentage of fiber; in other words, the fat and protein in a manufacturer's goods must not be less than his guarantee and the fiber must not be above his guarantee.

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, COMMONLY CALLED THE "PURE FOOD LAW."

All merchants or others doing business in Georgia and purchasing goods from manufacturers, either in or out of the State, are earnestly advised to require a guaranty of purity from such manufacturers, dealers or jobbers, The following form of guaranty is recommended:

FORM OF GUARANTEE OF PURITY.

I (or we) the undersigned wholesaler, jobber or manufacturer, in consideration of (name and address of) retail merchant, purchasing food from me (or us), hereby guarantee that all foods sold to‒‒‒‒‒ shall be pure within the meaning of what is known as the Food and Drugs Act" of Georgia, and shall conform with the requirements of said law, and the standards and rulings of the Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia governing standards of purity, branding and otherwise. This guarantee to remain in force until revoked in writing. The articles hereby guaranteed are:.

Signed:

DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.

The law directs the Commissioner of Agriculture:

1. To collect and examine samples of foods and drugs for man and beast, and to publish the results of the examination.

2. When the law has been found to be violated, to certify the fact to the proper prosecuting attorney, either State or Federal, who shall prosecute without delay.

3. To cause all products, whether compound, mixed or blended, to be properly branded or labeled.

4. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and the State Chemist to fix standards of purity for food products, where such standards have not already been prescribed by the Secretaries of the Treasury, of Agriculture, and of Commerce and Labor of the United States.

HAWAII.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

SEC. 47. Suspected liquors to be examined. If a person who has reason to believe that a licensee is selling intoxicating liquor that is adulterated, shall call the attention of the Inspector thereto, said Inspector, or any person authorized by him in writing, shall secure from such licensee a sample or samples of liquor for analysis; and said Inspector may at any time procure or so cause to be procured samples of liquor for analysis.

SEC. 48. Procuring samples. The Inspector or the person so authorized shall, upon procuring samples from such licensee, immediately disclose to the licensee his office or authority, and in case such procurer shall be a person other than the Inspector, he shall then deliver to the licensee a copy of the written order to procure such samples; and the vessel or vessels containing the same shall then be sealed by the procurer thereof before being taken from the premises of such licensee and the licensee may also attach his seal thereto.

SEC. 49. Disposal of sample. The Inspector shall cause the samples so obtained to be immediately delivered to the Food Commissioner or Analyst, or some other competent analyst who shall make an analysis of such liquors, and shall send a certified report of such analysis to said Inspector, who shall file the same with the Secretary of the Board.

SEC. 50. Unadulterated samples; copy of analysis on request. If the samples analyzed be found free from the adulteration prohibited by the laws of the United States, the certificate referred to in the preceding Section shall so state, and the Board shall pay to the licensee a sum equal to the value of the sample, and if requested by the licensee the Secretary shall furnish him a copy of the analysis.

SEC. 51. Prosecution; penalty. If the certificate of analysis shows the sample to contain liquor that is adulterated according to the laws of the United States the Inspector shall prosecute such licensee for selling, offering for sale or furnishing adulterated liquor, as the case may be. And the licensee from whom such sample was obtained shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), and his license may be revoked.

SEC. 52. Tampering with sample, a misdemeanor; penalty. Any person who tampers with the samples of liquor taken for analysis under the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), or be imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months. SEC. 53. Refusal to give sample, a misdemeanor; penalty. Any licensee who refuses to deliver samples of liquor for analysis upon disclosure of the authority in the manner provided by Section forty-eight of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Six Hundred Dollars ($600,00).

Approved April 30, 1907. Laws of 1907, Act 119, pp. 268-270.

IDAHO.

GENERAL FOOD LAWS.

Section 30 of an Act approved March 6, 1905, amended to read as follows: SEC. 30. Appointment of State chemist; salary. The State Board of Dairy, Food and Oil Commissioners shall have power to appoint a State Chemist who shall receive a salary of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars per annum, which shall be paid from any funds in the treasury of the State of Idaho, not otherwise appropriated, and who shall hold office at the will of the board.

SEC. 2. Effect. Whereas, an emergency exists therefor, this act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 13, 1907. Session Laws of 1907, House Bill No. 240, p. 337.

FRUIT.

SEC. 22. Sale of infected fruit; penalty. It shall be unlawful to sell or dispose of, or offer to sell or dispose of, or to have in one's possession for sale or barter, any fruit which is or has been infected with San Jose scale or the larva or larvæ of the codling moth, and the fact that such fruit bears the marks of the San Jose scale, or is worm-eaten by the larva or larvæ of the codling moth shall be deemed conclusive evidence that said fruit is infected within the meaning of this section; and the State inspector" and the several deputy inspectors are hereby given power to seize and destroy such infected fruit whenever they shall find that the same has been packed, sold, shipped or offered for sale, or where the same has been exposed for sale, or is being held in any ware house, store, sales room or other place for the purpose of being sold, bartered, shipped or exposed for sale or barter; and it is hereby made the duty of said State inspector and said district inspectors to enforce the provisions of this section, and any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the utilization of such infected fruit in the manufacture of fruit by-products where said fruit has not been packed, sold, shipped, stored or offered or exposed for sale as fruit.

Approved March 13, 1907. Laws of 1907, House Bill No. 149, p. 450.

a State Horticultural Inspector.

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ILLINOIS.

GENERAL FOOD LAWS.

SEC. 1. 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 labeling of food as herein defined, and to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted 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 Governor shall also appoint from time to time as required, a food standard commission, for the purpose of determining and adopting standards of quality, purity or strength, for food products, for the State of Illinois, to consist of three members, one of whom shall be the State Food Commission[er] or his representative, who shall serve without extra pay; one of whom shall be a representative of the Illinois food manufacturing industries and one of whom shall be an expert food chemist of known reputation, all to be citizens of the State of Illinois, who shall receive fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days in one year, and necessary expenses incurred during the time employed in the discharge of their duties: Provided, that said food standard commission in determining and adopting a standard of quality, purity or strength, of milk or cream, shall fix such standard as may be determined, solely by the examination and test of milk or cream and the can or receptacle in which it is placed.

Officers appointed by commissioner; salaries. The said commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Governor, one assistant commissioner who shall be a practical dairyman, whose salary shall be $2,000 per annum and expenses incurred in official duties. One chief chemist who shall be known as State Analyst, whose salary shall be $2,500 and expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. One attorney whose salary shall be $1,800 per annum and expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. One chief clerk whose salary shall be $1,800 per annum and expenses incurred in discharge of official duties. Said commissioner shall also have authority to appoint five analytical chemists whose salary shall be $1,200 per annum each, 12 inspectors, whose salary shall be $1,200 per annum and the necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Three (3) stenographers at $900 and one assistant clerk at $900 each.

Annual report. The said commissioner shall make annual reports to the Governor not later than the 15th day of January, of his work and proceedings, and shall report in detail the number of inspectors he has appointed and em

ployed, with their expenses and disbursements and the amount of salary paid the same, and he may from time to time issue bulletins of information when in his judgment the interests of the State would be promoted thereby.

Headquarters of commissioner. The said commissioner shall maintain an office and laboratory where the business of said department may be conducted. This section shall not affect the term of office of the present commissioner, and he shall be regarded as having been appointed under the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. Power of commissioner and inspectors making inspection. The State Food Commissioner, and such inspectors and agents as shall be duly authorized for the purpose, when and as often as they may deem it necessary for the purpose of determining whether any manufactured food complies with the law, shall examine the raw materials used in the manufacture of food products and determine whether any filthy, decomposed or putrid substance is used in their preparation. They may also examine all premises, carriages or cars where food is manufactured, transported, stored or served to patrons, for the purpose only of ascertaining their sanitary condition and examining and taking samples of the raw material and finished products found therein; but nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting such officers to inquire into, or examine methods or processes of manufacture, or requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers, or packers of proprietary or other food products, to disclose trade rights, or secret processes, or methods of manufacture. Said commissioner, inspectors and agents shall also have power and authority to open any package, can or vessel, containing or supposed to contain, any article manufactured, sold or exposed for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, in violation of the provisions of this Act, or laws that now exist, or that may hereafter be enacted in this State, and may inspect the contents thereof, and may take samples therefrom for analysis. The employés of railroads, express companies, or other common carriers, shall render to them all the assistance in their power, when so requested, in tracing, finding, or disclosing the presence of any article prohibited by law, and in securing samples thereof as herein provided for.

SEC. 3. Refusal to assist inspector a misdemeanor. Any refusal or neglect on the part of such employés of railroads, express companies or other common carriers to render such friendly aid, or to furnish such samples for analysis, as provided for in section 2 of this Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 4. Taking of samples. The person taking such sample as provided for in section 2 of this Act, shall, in the case of bulk or broken package goods divide the same into two equal parts, as nearly as may be, and in the case of sealed and unbroken packages he shall select two of said packages, which two said packages shall constitute the sample taken and, properly to identify the same, he shall, in the presence of the person from whom the same is taken, mark or seal each half or part of such sample with a paper seal or otherwise, and shall write his name thereon and number each part of said sample with the same number and also write thereon the name of the said dealer in whose place of business the sample is found and the person from whom said sample is taken shall also write his name thereon and at the same time the person taking said sample shall give notice to such person from whom said sample is taken that said sample was obtained for the purpose of examination by the State Food Commissioner. One part of said sample shall be taken by the person so procuring the same to the State Analyst or other competent person appointed for the purpose of making examinations or analyses of samples so taken, and the person taking such sample shall tender to the person from whom it is taken,