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dollars ($1,000), and it shall be the duty of any board of health in this State cognizant of any violation of this Act to prosecute any person, firm or corporation, which it has reason to believe has violated any of the provisions of this Act, and after deducting the costs of the trial and conviction, to retain for the use of such board the balance of the fine or fines recovered. 25 AN ACT to regulate the sale of veal. Approved June 16, 1887, in force July 1, 1887. L. 1887, p. 307.

265. Calves under Four Weeks Old, Penalty.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That if any person kills, or causes to be killed, for the purposes of sale, any immature calf or any calf less than four weeks old, or knowingly sells, or has in his possession with intent to sell, for food, the meat of any immature calf, or any calf killed when less than four weeks old, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and all such meat exposed for sale, or kept with intent to sell, may be seized and destroyed by any health officer, or any sheriff, or deputy sheriff, constable or police officer.

AN ACT to provide for the inspection of any animal intended for human food, appearing to be diseased, and for the disposition of the carcass. Filed May 27, 1907, in force July 1, 1907. L. 1907, p. 7.

266. Animal Inspection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That for the purpose of preventing the use of meat or meat food products for human food which are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human food, the Board of Live Stock Commissioners may, at their discretion, make or cause to be made, by the State veterinarian, of his assistants, or any duly authorized live stock inspector in the employ of the State of Illinois, an examination of any animal intended for human food which he or they believe is afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or any disease or ailment which would render the carcass of said animal unfit for human food.

267. Killing of Diseased Animals, Disposition.

SEC. 2. In event any animal shall be inspected by any person herein authorized to make said inspection, and in his judgment found to be afflicted with any disease or ailment which would render said animal unfit for human food, it shall be the duty of the person making said examination to forthwith take possession or control of said animal, and notify the owner or person or corporation in control or possession of such animal that such animal is unfit for human food; whereupon said animal shall immediately be killed and the carcass examined by some person or persons authorized to make inspection of such animals. If, upon examination of the carcass, it shall appear to the examiner that the same is suitable for human food, he shall allow the person or corporation from whom said animal was taken to make disposition of the carcass or such examiner shall cause the same to be sold; but if in the opinion of such inspector any such carcass is unwholesome or unfit for human food, then the same shall be, by him, stamped, marked, tagged or labeled "inspected and condemned," and every such condemned carcass shall be destroyed for the purposes of human food and such examiner shall cause the offal thereof to be sold: Provided, that if such carcass shall be disposed of for food purposes by such inspector and the offal sold, the proceeds thereof shall be accounted for as the Board of Live Stock Commissioners may provide.

The three acts following may also be

found in the Pamphlet of Laws compiled for

the Department of Agriculture.

268. Penalty.

SEC. 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall, in any manner, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision in this Act contained, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both.

AN ACT to regulate cold storage of certain articles of food. in force July 1, 1917. L. 1917, p. 648.

269. Cold Storage, Terms Defined.

Filed June 28,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: For the purpose of this Act, "cold storage" shall mean the storage or keeping of articles of food at or below a temperature above zero of 45 degrees Fahrenheit in a cold storage warehouse; "cold storage warehouse" shall mean any place artificially cooled to or below a temperature above zero of 45 degrees Fahrenheit, in which articles of food are placed and held for thirty days or more; "article of food" shall mean fresh meat and fresh meat products and all fish, game, poultry, eggs and butter.

270. License Fee.

SEC. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall maintain or operate a cold storage warehouse without a license so to do issued by the Department of Agriculture. Any person, firm or corporation desiring such a license shall make written application to the Department of Agriculture for that purpose, stating the location of the warehouse. The Department of Agriculture thereupon shall cause an examination to be made of said warehouse and, if it be found by him to be in a proper sanitary condition and otherwise properly equipped for its intended use, he shall issue a license authorizing the applicant to operate the same as a cold storage warehouse during one year. The license shall be issued upon payment of (by) the applicant of a license fee of $25.00 per annum to the Department of Agriculture. 271. Unsanitary Condition.

SEC. 3. In case any cold storage warehouse, or any part thereof, shall at any time be deemed by the Department of Agriculture, to be in an unsanitary condition, or not properly equipped for its intended use, he (it) shall notify the licensee of such condition and upon the failure of the licensee to put such cold storage warehouse in a sanitary condition or to properly equip the same for its intended use, within a time to be designated by the Department of Agriculture, he (it) shall revoke such license.

272. Record, Reports.

SEC. 4. Every such licensee shall keep accurate records of the articles of food received in and of the articles of food withdrawn from his cold storage warehouse, and the Department of Agriculture shall have free access to such records at any time. Every such licensee shall submit a monthly report to the Department of Agriculture, setting forth in itemized particulars the quantities and kinds of articles of food in his cold storage warehouse. Such monthly reports shall be filed on or before the fifth day of each month, and the reports so rendered shall show the conditions existing on the last day of the preceding month reported and a summary of such reports shall be prepared by the Department of Agriculture and shall be open to public inspection on or before the tenth day of each month.

273. Inspection and Supervision.

SEC. 5. The Department of Agriculture shall inspect and supervise all cold storage warehouses and make such inspection of articles of food therein as he (it) may deem necessary to secure the proper enforcement of this Act, and he (it) shall have access to all cold storage warehouses at all reasonable times. The Department of Agriculture may appoint such persons as he (it) deems qualified to make any inspection under this Act.

274. Storing Food Articles.

SEC. 6. No article of food intended for human consumption shall be placed, knowingly, received or kept in any cold storage warehouse, if diseased, tainted, otherwise unfit for human consumption, or in such condition that it will not keep wholesome for human consumption. No article of food, for use other than for human consumption, shall be placed, received or kept in any cold storage warehouse unless previously marked, in accordance with forms to be prescribed by the Department of Agriculture, in such a way as to indicate plainly the fact that such article of food is not to be sold or used for human food.

275. Labeling Food Articles, Evidence.

SEC. 7. No person, firm or corporation shall place, receive or keep in any cold storage warehouse in this State articles of food unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped or tagged, either upon the container in which they are packed, or upon the article of food itself, with the date when placed therein; and no person, firm or corporation shall remove, or allow to be removed, such article of food from any cold storage warehouse unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped or tagged, either on the container in which it is enclosed or upon the article of food itself, with the date of such removal, and such marks, stamps and tags shall be prima facie evidence of such receipt and removal and of the dates thereof. All articles of food in any cold storage warehouse at the time this Act goes into effect shall, before being removed therefrom, be plainly marked, stamped or tagged with the date when this Act goes into effect and the date of removal therefrom.

276. Storing Food Articles, Duration, Removal.

SEC. 8. No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter keep or permit to remain in any cold storage warehouse any article of food which has been held in cold storage either within or without the State, for a longer aggregate period than twelve months, except with the approval of the Director of the Department of Agriculture as hereinafter provided. The Director of the Department of Agriculture may, from time to time, upon application in writing, extend the period of storage beyond twelve months for any particular article of food, provided the same is found upon examination by the Department of Agriculture to be in wholesome condition for further cold storage. The length of time for which such further storage is allowed shall be specified in the order granting the extension. A report on each case in which such extension of storage may be permitted, including information relating to the reason for the action of the said director, the kinds and amounts of the articles of food for which the storage period was extended, and length of time for which this extension was granted, shall be filed, open to public inspection, in the office of said director.

The Director of Agriculture shall have power to order any article of food held in cold storage to be removed therefrom before the expiration of the first period of twelve months or before the expiration of any period of extension granted by him for any of the following reasons:

(1) That the storage of the article of food beyond the time fixed by the Director of the Department of Agriculture in his order of removal will render such article of food unwholesome;

(2) That the person, firm or corporation storing such article of food has entered into a contract, agreement or understanding for the purpose or with the intent of fictitiously increasing the price of such article of food;

(3) That the storage of such article of food is for the purpose or with

the intent of fictitiously increasing the price thereof;

(4) That the storage of such article of food tends to create a monopoly; (5) That the storage of such article of food tends to restrain or prevent

competition in this State in the supply or price of such article.

Before such article of food shall be ordered removed from storage, the Director of Agriculture shall give at least five days' notice in writing of his intention to make such order, and shall accord the person, firm or corporation receiving such notice a full hearing thereon.

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298. Milk Adulteration, Impure Cow's Food, Penalty.

SEC. 2. Any person who shall adulterate milk, with a view of offering the same for sale or exchange, or shall keep cows for the production of milk for market, or for sale or exchange, in an unhealthy condition, or knowingly feed the same on food that produces impure, diseased, or unwholesome milk, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), for each and every offense.

299. Milk Wagons and Cans, Marking, Penalty.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons, who shall in any of the cities of this State, engage in or carry on a retail business in the sale, exchange of, or any retail traffic in milk, shall have each and every can in which the milk is carried or exposed for sale or exchange, and the carriage or vehicle from which the same is vended, conspicuously marked with his, her, or their name or names, also indicating by said mark the locality from which said milk is obtained or produced, and for every neglect of such marking, the person or persons so neglecting, shall be subject to the penalties expressed in section two of this Act, but for every violation of this Act, by so marking said cans, carriage or vehicle, as to convey the idea that said milk is produced or procured from a different locality than it really is, the person or persons so offending, shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

300. Skimmed Milk, Marking, Penalty.

SEC. 4. Any person who shall, in any of the cities of this State, offer for sale any milk from which the cream or any part thereof shall have been taken, shall offer for sale and sell the same as skimmed milk, and not otherwise, and shall have each can or vessel in which such milk is carried, or exposed for sale, plainly and conspicuously marked with the words, "Skimmed Milk." Any person violating this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each and every violation.

301. Judgment, Costs and Imprisonment.

SEC. 5. Upon the rendition of judgment imposing a fine as provided in the foregoing sections, it shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or other court rendering said judgment, also to render a judgment for the costs, and forthwith to issue a capias or warrant of commitment against the body of the defendant, commanding that, unless the said fine and costs be forthwith paid, the defendant shall be committed to the jail of the county, and the constable or other officer to whose hands said capias or warrant shall come, shall, in default of such payment, arrest the defendant and commit him to the jail of the county, there to remain, as provided by section 308 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," in force July 1, 1874; unless such fine and costs shall sooner be paid.

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