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guarantors shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines and other penalties
which would attach in due course to the dealer under the provisions of
sections 189 to 200.

An. Code, sec. 171. 1910, ch. 156, sec. 140F (p. 151). 1920, ch. 333. 1924, ch. 586.

194. The. standard under Section 189 to 200 for the quality, purity and
strength of drugs shall be the standard set by the United States Pharmaco-
poeia or the National Formulary. That any standards of quality, purity
and strength for foods or for drugs not already standardized by the United
States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary the standards heretofore
adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture are hereby de-
clared to be the standards of purity, quality and strength for such foods and
drugs in the State of Maryland, except in the case of ice cream, in which
case the standards are declared to be as follows:

(a) Ice cream is a frozen product from cream and other milk sub-
stances and sugar, with or without a natural flavoring and containing not
less than 10 per cent, of milk fat, to which may be added fresh eggs and
not exceeding 1 per cent, of pure gelatin, gum-tragacanth or vegetable gum,
without statement of such fact, and such goods may be called ice cream,
provided the required percentage of fat is maintained. Provided, however,
in i.ce cream, flavored either by fruits or nuts, a lower milk fat content is
permissible, but in no case shall the ice cream so flavored contain less than
8 per cent, of milk fat.1

An. Code, sec. 172. 1910, ch. 156, secs. 140G, 140H (p. 152). 1924, ch. 276, sec. 172.

195. The State Board of Health of the State of Maryland shall appoint
a State food and drug commissioner and a Deputy State food and drug
commissioner, one of whom shall always be an experienced certified
pharmacist, at such salaries as may be determined by the State Board of
Health, whose duties shall be the administration of this law under the
direction and supervision of the said State Board of Health. The said
commissioner and the said deputy shall have an office or offices in the City of
Baltimore. The said State Board of Health shall appoint such other em-
ployes as may be necessary to assist in the enforcement of Sections 189 to
200; said employes shall work under the direction of the said State
Board of Health and shall perform such duties as the said State Board of
Health shall prescribe for them to perform.

An. Code, sec. 173. 1910, ch. 156, secs. 1401, 140J (pp. 152-3). 1924, ch. 276, sec. 173.

196. The State Board of Health shall enforce the provisions of Sections
189 to 200, and shall have the power to adopt from time to time, promulgate
and publish by circular or otherwise, such general rules and regulations for
the enforcement thereof and for the government of the analysts, chemists,
inspectors and employes appointed by the said Board as it may deem
proper; but such rules and regulations shall be the valid and legal rules
and regulations adopted, or hereafter adopted, for the execution of the

1 Sec. 2 of ch. 586 of acts of 1924 repeals all laws inconsistent with said ch. 586 to the
extent of such inconsistency.