JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be and the same are hereby
added to Article 27, Public General Laws, and to be designated
as Sections 138C, 138D and I38E.

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Sec. 138C. That for the purpose of this Act the standard for
pure milk shall be not more than eighty-seven and one-half
per centum of water or fluids, and not less than twelve and
one-half per centum of milk solids, of which at least three
and one-half per centum shall be butter fats.

Required

standard.

Sec. 138D. That for the purposes of this Act milk shall be
deemed to be sophisticated, adulterated or unwholesome
when it does not contain twelve and one-half per centum of
milk solids, of which three and one-half per centum shall be
butter fats; or to which has been added salt, boracic acid,
salicylic acid, salicylate of soda, formaldehyde or any other
acid, drug, compound or substance, or to which ice or water
has been added for any purpose whatsoever; or which has
been taken from an animal ten days before or five days after
parturitions; or which has been taken from a sick or diseased
animal; or which has been taken from animals fed in whole
or in part on garbage or any substance in a state of fermenta-
tion or putrefaction, or food that produces impure, diseased
or unwholesome milk, or from cows stabled near a house
where there is an infectious disease; or from which a portion
of the cream has been taken ; but nothing in this Act shall be
construed as prohibiting the addition of sugar in the manu-

When
considered
adulterated or
unwholesome.

facture of condensed or preserved milk, or as prohibiting the
sale of pure skimmed milk, when sold as such, and from cans
plainly and conspicuously marked with the sign or placard
"Skimmed Milk" in capital letters, each of a size of not less
than one inch square, or as prohibiting the sale of pure,
wholesome milk, not complying with the provisions of Sec-
tion 138C, for the manufacture therefrom of butter, cheese or
other products. Nothing in this section shall be construed as
prohibiting the feeding of ensilage from silos.

Skimmed

milk.

138E. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this
Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or
imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, for each offense;
not to apply to Montgomery County, except when said county
shall ship or sell milk to Baltimore City.

Penalty
for violation.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws
in conflict with this Act shall be and the same are hereby ,
repealed, but that nothing herein contained shall be construed

Shall not
conflict with
sale of milk in
Baltimore.