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packnge of flour, marks which falsely purport to be inspection 

 marks shall, for every oftence be punished by fine not exceed- 

 ing fifty dollars, and on conviction of so doing on as many as 

 ten packages at one time, shall also be punished by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail not exceeding ten months. 



Sec. 41. Any person buying flour, may require it to be 

 inspected before it is delivered. The fees of the inspector 

 shall be five cents a package, for lots of less than ten pack- 

 ages ; for lots of more than ten and not exceeding twenty 

 packages, two cents a package ; and for any and every pack- 

 age exceeding twenty, one cent, to be paid by the person 

 demanding inspection. 



Sec. 42. The inspectors of flour shall, when required, 

 determine whether it conforms to and equals the sample 

 furnished to them, and shall mark, with some distinct and 

 intelligible mark, the packages that are found like the sample, 

 and for this service they may charge an additional compensa- 

 tion of one half cent per package. 



Sec. 43. Nothing herein contained shall be held to pro- 

 hibit, or render illegal any contract for the manufacture, or 

 sale of flour, which has not been inspected, when inspection 

 is not required by the buyer or the seller. 



MILK. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 38. 



Sec. 44. The municipal ofiicers of towns containing not 

 less than three thousand inhabitants shall, upon the applica- 

 tion often legal voters therein, annually appoint one or more 

 persons to be inspectors of milk, who shall, before entering 

 upon the discharge of their duties, be sworn, and shall give 

 notice of their appointment by publishing the same two weeks 

 in a newspaper published in their towns, or if no newspaper 

 is published therein, by posting up such notice in two or 

 more public places in said towns. 



Sec. 45. Inspectors shall keep an oflSce and books for the 

 purpose of recording the names and places of business of all 

 persons engaged in the sale of milk within their limits. They 



