mand, as they are now organized and officered, receiving orders direct from the Governor, through the Adjutant General of the State of Louisiana.

Naval Brigade.

4647. [Sec. 1, Act 61, 1894, p. 70.] There shall be allowed, in addition to the companies of the uniformed organized militia, known as the Louisiana State National Guard, in the parish of Orleans, provided for in Sections 10, 11 and 12 of an act entitled, "An act to enroll and organize the militia; to organize, arm and equip a special militia force, to appropriate ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for arming, equipping and paying the same"; approved March 30, 1878, not more than eight divisions of naval militia, which shall constitute a naval brigade, to be known as the Naval Brigade of the Louisiana State National Guard. The naval brigade shall be divided into two battalions, the second battalion to be formed when six of the eight divisions herein provided for have been organized and mustered into service. Prior to that time the divisions of naval militia shall constitute a battalion to be known as the "First Naval Battalion Louisiana National Guard." (Amd. Act 107, 1896, p. 155.)

Officers.

4648. [Sec. 2.] The naval brigade shall be commanded by a captain, who shall be elected by the field and line officers of the two battalions composing the said naval brigade, and prior to the formation of the brigade. The First Naval Battalion shall be commanded by a commander, who shall be elected by the line officers of said First Naval Battalion. Each battalion in the naval brigade shall be commanded by a lieutenant-commander, who shall be elected by the line officers of said battalions. Each division shall be commanded by a lieutenant, and shall contain one lieutenant (junior grade), one ensign, and not less than thirty-six nor more than sixty petty officers and men. (Amd. Act 107, 1896, p. 155.)

Staff.

4649. [Sec. 3.] The staff of the naval brigade shall consist of one commander, who shall be elected by the field and line officers of the two battalions composing said naval brigade, who shall be the chief of staff and executive officer; one lieutenant, who shall be brigade adjutant and chief navigating officer; one

lieutenant, who shall be chief signal, ordnance and equipment officer, who shall be elected by the line officers of the brigade, one paymaster, one surgeon, and one chief engineer, each with relative rank of lieutenant, one ensign who shall be signal officer, who shall be elected by the line officers of the brigade, and one ensign who shall be aid to the chief of brigade. Prior to the formation of the naval brigade, the staff of the First Naval Battalion shall be as follows:

One lieutenant commander, who shall be elected by the line officer of said First Naval Battalion, who shall be executive officer; one lieutenant, who shall be navigating, ordnance and equipment officer; one ensign who shall be signal officer, who shall be elected by the line officers of said First Naval Battalion, one surgeon, one engineer, and one paymaster, each with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), and one assistant surgeon with relative rank of ensign.

The staff of each battalion in the naval brigade shall consist of one lieutenant, who shall be battalion adjutant and executive officer, one lieutenant, who shall be navigating, ordnance and equipment officer, who shall be elected by line officers of each battalion, one surgeon and one paymaster, each with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), and one assistant surgeon with relative rank of ensign. (Amd. Act 107, 1896, p. 155.)

Organization.

4650. [Sec. 4.] The organization of the Naval Militia shall conform generally to the provisions of the laws of the United States, and the system of discipline and exercise shall conform as nearly as may be to that of the Navy of the United States as is now, or may hereafter be prescribed by Congress, and when not otherwise provided for, the government and command of the militia shall be controlled by the acts of the General Assembly relating to the militia and the Louisiana State National Guard.

United States Equipment.

4651. [Sec. 5.] When the government of the United States is ready to supply arms and equipments as well as a vessel of war and material and opportunities for naval instruction and drill, the Governor is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements to obtain said facilities for the Naval Battalion and carrying the provisions of this act into effect.

MILK.

Regulations for the Sale of Milk.

4652. [Sec. 1, Act 150, 1910, p. 229.] No person, himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, or as the servant, agent or employee of another, shall sell or deliver for consumption as milk, or have in his possession or custody with intent to sell or deliver for consumption as milk:

(1) Milk to which water or any foreign substance has been added, which then shall be known as adulterated milk.

(2) Milk which has been wholly or partially skimmed or otherwise artificially, in whole or in part, deprived of its natural butter fats, which then shall be known as skimmed milk. But nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the standardization of milk by the addition of fresh milk, provided such milk be sold only as milk of standard quality.

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Milk not of standard quality.

Milk concerning which any misrepresentation has been made, orally, by writing, by printing, by signs, marks, labels or otherwise.

(5) Milk produced by diseased cows, or by cows which have been fed unwholesome food or been furnished contaminated water, or,

(6) Milk which has been produced, stored, handled or transported in an improper, unlawful, unclean or unsanitary

manner.

Defining Terms.

4653. [Sec. 2.] For the purposes of this Act the word "person" shall be construed to mean an individual, a partnership or a corporation; that the word "milk" shall be so construed as to mean also, cream and condensed milk; that the expression herein used, viz: "Milk not of standard quality" is defined as and shall be construed to mean milk having less than three and one-half per centum of butter fats, and milk having less than eight and one-half per centum of milk solids other than butter fats, and milk containing any pathogenic or disease germs.

Skimmed milk having less than eight per centum of milk solids shall be deemed to be adulterated milk; that for the purposes of this Act, cows showing clinical evidence of tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax or any local or general disease which is liable to render their milk unwholesome, shall be deemed

to be "diseased cows"; also, for the purposes of this Act, cows fourteen days just preceding calving and five days thereafter shall be deemed "diseased cows."

Nothing in this Act contained, however, shall be so construed as to prohibit the sale of skimmed milk, if the receptacle containing same, and in which or from which it is sold, is plainly marked with the words "skimmed milk” distinct and conspicuous permanently attached to the container and above the center of same, and be of uncondensed Roman letters and in length. said letters be at least one-tenth of the height of the container on which they are placed; or if such skimmed milk shall be contained in glass bottles, then the required words shall be plainly and legibly blown into the side of the bottle, and also be distinctly printed on the top or cover of same.

Agents of Board of Health to Have Access to Dairies.

4654. [Sec. 3.] The State Board of Health, its members, officers, agents and appointees, shall at all times have access to any dairy or other place where milk is produced for sale, and to all establishments, plants, depots or stores wherein milk is kept or stored for sale; and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent or attempt to prevent such access, and such prevention or attempted prevention shall be deemed a violation of this Act. Duty of Boards of Health to Enforce This Act.

4655. [Sec. 4.] It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health, and the various municipal and parochial Health Boards and Health Officers throughout the State to enforce the provisions of this Act, and to see that violations thereof shall be prosecuted before the proper courts.

Penalty for Violating Act.

4656. [Sec. 5.] Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or in default of payment by imprisonment in the Parish Jail for not less than ten days nor more than six months; no fees shall be allowed District Attorneys for convictions under this Act, and where Police Juries and municipal councils shall pass ordinances in consonance with this Act, prosecution under such ordinances shall operate as a perpetual bar to prosecution under this Act for the same offense or offenses.

Penalty for Refusing Sample.

4657. [Sec. 6.] Any producer, handler or seller of milk whether principal or agent, servant or employee, who refuses to deliver to a health officer, on demand, a sample of the milk in his possession (not to exceed one pint) shall be guilty of a violation of this Act, and on conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 5.

Supervision in State Board of Health.

4658. [Sec. 7.] The supervision and control of the production of milk and milk products and the sale of same, in this State, shall be vested in the State Board of Health, and said Board shall have the power to make, publish and enforce any and all regulations therefor, which it shall deem necessary or proper to conserve, safeguard and maintain the public health, and to promote and encourage the production in this State, of milk and milk products; provided same be not in conflict with this Act; and any parochial or municipal ordinance contrary to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or the regulations of the State Board of Health, shall be null and void and of no effect.

MINING AND MINERALS, DEPARTMENT OF.

Department of Mining and Minerals Created.

4659. [Sec. 1, Act 254, 1910, p. 423.] There is hereby established a Department of Mining and Minerals, including gas and oil, to consist of the Register of the State Land Office, who shall be Ex-Officio Supervisor of Minerals, and one Deputy Supervisor of Minerals, who shall be a person having a practical knowledge of geology, and natural gas, and oil, and who shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Conservation Commission, for the period of one year at a time; provided the Ex-Officio Supervisor of Minerals shall receive as compensation for the performance of his duty imposed on him by this Act, five hundred dollars per annum ($500.00), and the Deputy Supervisor and such assistants as may be provided to be compensated as hereinafter provided, all to be paid from the Conservation Fund, the Supervisor on his own warrant.