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an animal ten days before or five days after parturition; or which
has been taken from a sick or deceased animal; or which has been
taken from animals fed in whole or in part on garbage or any substance
in a state of fermentation or putrefaction, or food that produces im-
pure, 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 these sections shall be construed
as prohibiting the addition of sugar in the manufacture 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 section 246,
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.

See note to section 249.

As to "Dairies," see article 58, section 20, et seq.

1904, art. 27, sec. 234. 1900, ch. 459, sec. 138E and sec. 2. 1908, ch. 195.

248. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of Sections 246
and 247 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 fine and imprisoned, in the discretion of
the court, for each offense; said sections not to limit the powers of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to enact ordinances and regu-
lations not inconsistent with the provisions of these sections for the
inspection and sale of milk or the products thereof in the city of Balti-
more.

See note to section 249.

Ibid. sec. 335. 1900, ch. 532, sec. 138F.

249. No condensed or preserved milk shall be manufactured, sold
or exchanged, or offered or exposed for sale or exchange, unless the
same be manufactured from or out of pure, clean, healthy, fresh, un-
adulterated and wholesome milk, from which the cream has not been
removed either wholly or in part, or unless the proportion of milk
solids of same shall be in quantity the equivalent of twelve and fifty
one-hundredths per centum of milk solids in crude milk, and of which
milk solids three and fifty one-hundredths per centum shall be butter
fats. No person shall- manufacture, sell or exchange, or offer or expose
for sale or exchange any condensed or preserved milk unless the same
be put up, packed or contained in packages with the name of the manu-
facturer of the said milk distinctly branded or stamped thereon. Who-
ever by himself or another violates any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dol-
lars, or be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty