OFFtOE OF THE A77’ORNN GENERAL OF -
NJ-
of your letter of
In 3xl;lition
tharo
nanuS3cturos zixl6311s npprcdzxLt&p On3
nillion 03ns pm r;onthnot rll of vbicllis
oonsigno~ to Term pints.
.In or&w to stnnikwdizo t&a quality
and uoi$ts of dog fmcicat Pocd thrqq%
tk13registration, labslti,, and cnSorocmant
of sdoquate dcfinltions and standards,
ccnsiderablo pressure is brought to'
bear upon the Division of Feed Control
Semfce OS this Station for the alopt-
&on OS such a pFoglYt32
ns e pPt of our
regulatory activities in connection
6th tk3 kxbini.stratZon of tie Pure
reed Lniv.
"Article 14s.9,chapter 13, lmds?a
crtn.inalStatutes, 1925, ~ovidos, &n
pzrt, tint 'ibcry lot OF parcsl OS Peel-
%ng stu.fT,usd for feeding S.am live
stoclS,sold, 0fScreclor CZpOZCZi-~~le
3IiiB2.sState, for use &thin the State,
~9~~11h8-m attached a tag doscribed 3.13
articlo 24~92.' &e will ap?Aieciatean
opinion Sron you as'to vhethcr dogs ati
cats CZ+Rbe clansifieil as Q'aix~1%~.
StPcP L?.na vheihor.c3 have Lho lc?~Lll
authority to re,r,ulatc the -mmufncture
and sale of dog 23x3cat foeAs, camed
5,133. dry, ~tior tfio provisiom'of the
Fmo Feed Laiireferred to above."
It is tho op%tion of this dcpartwnt that dogs
end cats cnmot be olassifiod as 'Sam livastock",vith-
in the rC.ea*usof tficctntutcs m&r cOnsiCkmt,ion,and
that, thcmforc, tlm statute does not coAzScrauthority
.torqylattc t!x3 mnxfactrt-c am3 eale Of dog an2 cat food,
unilcrthe prorisiors of the <
sure Feed lax of this State.
The first 'wlz of construction l&d dam by our
statutes is that the cM.i,9zryeiC;?iSicat-ion shall be ap-
pliailto IFGrits, cmcpt VOPilSof art or VOIylSccRncct~xl
cith a pvticular trade or subject xxtter, chcn they
shall hsve the E:pisfc aticn attached to thoalby experts
in such art or trade, r;ithrcfercnco to such subject mat-
ter. (Irev.Civ. Stat. As%. 19). ‘Shisis the rule spacial-
ly i;rcscribed xit!i'rcq:cctto civil statutss.
The PcncllCode provides:
*This co!23ati 079~s other lag upon
t& subject of cx*im %!iiChray be eaact-
e& ~1Ml.lbe COIlStlYZCii CICCOl'cdiR~ t0 the
plain z&port cf the lanauago in which lt
fe mitten, xxi.t+out r.ec,ard to t?ledis-
tinction ~1ca13113r;adebetrmm the COII-
.
other txbj3ctE~ and no pcrson,&ali
be pUItish& for an OqYmo~ irtlicll
2%
not nw3a pmal by the plain 5i?.p3rtof
t&3 0ord.s OS 0 1w.E.~ (P.C.Ae .7)
Iioif,Article I480 CP the Penal Coda is a part
of chapter 13, ontltled nk~ot~cti.inn of Stoclib.iscre.~
ThQ ten3 ~faml livostoc~", a0 u5ed in this stntuto, 20
not to IrecoastrtMl or intcrprotca in iistrictlp~et~o-
lo$.cal sanse, but rather in the nczq in Ubich the Leg-
~slntLtPB LLSOdt&3 u0rd.s. .Izltho pcpular unZcrst.maing
@lj.vcstocY5s usea in the scns:: Gf animls I202 aml
pai5c-J. for rzrl;et or ES0 by tbs oaner. Indeed, t1to
stock Pzlustry 5.9a t9m Gf mll-dOfixQ m.min,-,throu$-
out t&i,cotultry. The I.L6(? OS tit3WGZ'C?
"SaP--0in coiImct-
ion with livastock':'in the Articla Wer considerztion,of
COUL~~Q,11ax-o~-6 the sul,jcctfrom thnt'cm~mChcr&xl by t&c
6:2:leral t5rj OS StCCk rais:q cr stGcE in&Wiry. It li&.ts
it to the lf.V3stoCic Usuallg f0UEl On th3 faXY2.
This Ccnclusion iS zcccnt.u3tMby th3 fact that
tbo statute is a cri&ria~ statute, an2 it in not tb plain
ii!qortof till-3cords or'tJh.3 statuic t1;attm Legislature
lX3ilt t0 pltiS!l CS 323 C&TGilSC? t!?S P.?f,ilU~3
t0 l&k?1 ilOg
socxland cat food, as it has rccp3.rcdslth respect to the
ordinaryfarn 1ivastocl:fc3cls.
Pollodn~ thw3 0rLEnary axl accepted ale~l of
Constructionit has TIo??n IEM that a dGc 33s not an zti.1
ritlin tix manins of a statute roqUir9qa lookOut to be
k?;t fOi'O~&XL~S, OF GthCF cbstructionsupon t!ierailrozd
tPcck5. (fl~~x.rd v, Easbville, ChzttazGCjiaE St. Trouisr;S.
CO., 284 s. K. 604). TilC COX~StSVOtiOn Cf t52 TOP.5 h&i-
cata by US net only c~~:~ortsr;lthCl;0co~z,o:? utimstad-
in; ant;tw judicial c?ecioions,but it 1ikc:risocG!nports
Qitk the dcfinitinn ::ivcnhy ow stanfinrd dicticmrios.
~hLLS,FLU& 6;ifaplls ~.efLiJ'kCS
tb CO& "liVCstGCk" as 'CO-
r;cstioanimls kept for fsx~ ~arposm, osy~ciallymrkct-
cblo anirxds, as cattle, tiorscsand shsopR. Thispxocise
,not.*,tole, vithin tlu3 nesting of a statute requiriq
g railro3ii to fence its right-of-my. (Tags 82 kcific
Q. CO. v. Scott, 4 Tcs.. Ap-ppa.Civ. CasC?a (Kill~~~n) 476,
17 6. v. 1'116.
APFROVZD JAI712, 1940