ufacture, brand distinctly, and durably on the bandage of each and every cheese manufactured, and upon the package or box when shipped, the grade of cheese manufactured, as follows: "California Full-Cream Cheese,' "California HalfSkim Cheese," and "California Skim Cheese."

The

Sec. 2. All brands for branding the different grades of cheese shall be procured from the state dairy bureau, and said bureau is hereby directed and authorized to issue to all persons, firms, or corporations, upon application therefor, uniform brands, consecutively numbered, of the different grades specified in section one of this act. state dairy bureau shall keep a record of each and every brand issued, and the name and location of the manufacturer receiving the same. No manufacturer of cheese in the state of California, other than the one to whom such brand is issued, shall use the same, and in case of a change of location, the party shall notify the bureau of such change.

Sec. 3. The different grades of cheese are hereby defined as follows: Such cheese only as shall have been manufactured from pure milk, and from which no portion of the butter fat has been removed by skimming or other process, and having not less than thirty per cent of butter fat, shall be branded as "California Full-Cream Cheese"; and 'such cheese only as shall be made from pure milk, and having not less than fifteen per cent of butter fat, shall be branded "California Half-Skim Cheese": and such cheese only as shall be made from pure skim-milk shall be branded "California Skim Cheese"; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to "Edam," "Brickstein," "Pineapple," "Limburger," "Swiss," or hand-made cheese, not made by the ordinary Cheddar process.

Sec. 4. No person or persons, firms or corporations, shall sell, or offer for sale, any cheese, manufactured in the state of California, not branded by an official brand and of the grade defined in section three of this act.

Sec. 5. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less

than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding twenty-five days; and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than fifty days nor more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Sec. 6. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect sixty days after its passage.

Act relating to deception in manufacture and sale of: See Penal Code, p. 516.

TITLE 38.

CHICO.

Special acts relating to: See ante, title, Butte county.

TITLE 39.

CHINESE.

A reference to the acts relating to Chinese is contained in Deering's Annotated Penal Code, pp. 439, 440. In addition consult the following act:

An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the state, whether subjects of the Chinese Empire or otherwise, and to provide for registration and certificates of residence, and determine the status of all Chinese persons now resi dent of this state, and fixing penalties and punishments for violation of this act, and providing for deportation of criminals.

[Approved March 28, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 185.] Section 1. From and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any Chinese person

or persons, whether subjects of the Chinese Empire or otherwise as well as those who are now within the limits of this state, and who may hereafter leave this state and attempt to return, as those who have never been here, or, having been here, have departed from this state (save and excepting only the following classes, that is to say: Such Chinese person or persons as may be duly accredited to the government of the United States as ministers plenipotentiary, or other diplomatic representatives, consuls-general, consular and commercial agents, including other officers of the Chinese or other governments traveling upon the business of that government, with their body and household servants), to come to or within, or to land at or remain in, any port or place within this state; and the coming of Chinese persons to this state, whether for the purpose of transit only or otherwise, excepting the classes hereinbefore specifically described and excepted, from and after the passage of this act, be and the same is hereby absolutely prohibited.

Sec. 2. The master, purser, or agent of any vessel, who, on clearing from any foreign port and bound to any port of this state, shall knowingly ship as a sailor or marine, or enter upon his crew list, or count upon his "bill of health," or permit the same to be entered or counted, the name of, or bring into this state, any Chinese person, other than those excepted by the statutes of the United States, as such Chinese person or persons, duly accredited to the government of the United States as ministers plenipotentiary, or other representatives, consuls-general, consular and commercial agents, including other officers of the Chinese or other governments traveling upon business of that government, with their body and household servants, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese person so entered, counted, or brought into this state, and may also be imprisoned for a term of not exceeding one year; but the foregoing provisions shall not apply to the case of any master, purser, or agent whose vessel, being bound to a port not within this state, shall come within the jurisdiction of this state

by reason of being in distress, or in stress of weather, or touching at any port of this State on its voyage to any other State, or foreign port or place; provided, that no Chinese person brought on such vessel shall be permitted to land, except in case of absolute necessity, and must depart with the vessel on its leaving port; and if so permitted to land, such master, purser, or agent shall be liable as in this section provided.

Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of all agents of transportation, and ticket agents, in this State, for railroad, stage lines, steamship lines, and vessels of all descriptions, and masters and pursers of the same, when applied to by any Chinese person, or by any other person for the passage of a Chinese person, for a ticket as passenger from one station, town, city, port, or landing in this State, to another station, town, city, port, or landing in this State, or to any other State of the United States, and before selling such ticket, to demand of said person applying permission to see, and shall, before selling a ticket, examine the "certificate of residence" of the applicant, as described in this act, and insert the number of said certificate of residence on said ticket; and should such applicant or Chinese person fail to produce such certificate, then the said agent shall not sell a ticket. to or permit said Chinese person to take passage, and said agent, master, or purser shall arrest, or cause to be arrested, the said Chinese person or applicant, and proceed to file a complaint with any justice of the peace or police judge, or court having jurisdiction of the same, as in other cases provided for in this act, or turn over such Chinese person or applicant to some peace officer, whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this act. Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every offense, and may be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year.

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of all conductors or agents of transportation, who may be authorized to examine tickets and receive fare of Chinese persons upon any railroad, stage line, sail vessel,

or steamship plying between points, landings, ports, stations, towns, or cities of this State, or coming into this State from other States of the United States, or any foreign country, to demand at the same time to see and examine the "certificate of residence" described in this act; and should any such Chinese person refuse or fail to produce, on demand, said certificate, conforming in all particulars to the provisions of section (11) eleven of this act, it shall be the duty of said agent, or conductor, master, or purser, to arrest and confine such Chinese person until such time as he shall be able to deliver over such person to some peace officer, or file a complaint against said Chinese person in a court having jurisdiction, as provided for in this act; and should any such agent, ticket agent, conductor, master of vessel, or purser, refuse, or willfully or knowingly neglect to comply with the provisions of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year.

Sec. 5. Any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause to be brought into this state, by land or otherwise, or who shall aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in this State, from any vessel or otherwise, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter this State, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall on conviction thereof be fined in a sum of not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the State's prison for a term not exceeding one year, and, if a Chinese person, shall be sentenced to deportation as in other cases.

Sec. 6. No Chinese person shall be permitted to enter this State, by land or water, without first producing the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons resident of this State; and any Chinese person found guilty of being unlawfully within this State shall be caused to be removed therefrom, by judgment of court, to China, unless the defendant shall prove that he is a citizen of some foreign country other than China, then to said country of which he is a citizen. The burden of establishing citizenship shall rest upon the defendant. In every case, when established that such Chinese person is not lawfully in this State,