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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



work. The rules and regulations in the application for such certificate 

 and in the granting of the same shall be such as the superintendent of 

 the school may arrange. The fee for issuing such certificates shall in no 

 case exceed one dollar, the same to be paid by the applicant to the 

 superintendent of the Dairy School and to be used by the superintend- 

 ent in meeting the expenses incurred under this section. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 

 act shall, on conviction in court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not 

 more than twenty-five dollars for the first offense, and not more than 

 fifty dollars for each subsequent offense. It shall be the duty of every 

 sheriff, deputy sheriff and constable to institute complaint against any 

 person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act, and on 

 conviction one-half of the fine shall go to the complainant and the 

 balance to the State. 



Approved November 19, 1898. 



No. 82.— AN ACT IN RELATION TO CREAMERIES AND 

 CHEESE FACTORIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 

 SAME. 



Section 



i. Owners of creameries to deliver to 

 patrons monthly detailed state- 

 ment. 



2. Creameries must weigh, sample and 



test milk. 



3. Owners of cheese factories to deliver 



to patrons detailed monthly state- 

 ment. 



Section 



Owners of creameries to make 

 monthly statement of total re- 

 ceipts of milk and pounds of 

 butter produced. 



Penalty for neglecting to comply 

 with act. 



Act takes effect January I, 1899. 



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It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont : 



Section 1. Every owner, operator or manager of a creamery in this 

 State whether co-operative or proprietary, shall monthly make and 

 deliver to each of the patrons of said creamery a statement of the num- 

 ber of pounds of milk or cream such patron delivers for that month, to- 

 gether with the test, pounds of butter fat, gain per cent, from the churn, 

 and actual pounds of butter produced from said milk, and the price paid 

 for the same shall be computed on the actual pounds of butter. 



Sec. 2. Any owner, operator or manager of any creamery, whether 

 co-operative or proprietary, who sells or otherwise disposes of any of 

 the milk received at such creamery shall weigh and carefully sample the 

 same and shall test such samples for the purpose of ascertaining the 

 number of pounds of butter fat in such milk sold, or otherwise disposed 

 of, and the gain per cent, which is found to be the gain from the churn 



