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pected parties had the benefit of the doubt, and were acquitted. 

 In this dilemma, the authorities had the milk examinations con- 

 tinued as before, and from time to time a record of them was 

 published. The report first stated that in Brunswick 11.1 was 

 regarded as the minimum per cent, of solids in pure milk and 2.2 

 percent, as the minimum of fat. "Then followed the names and 

 residences of the sellers and the results of analyses of the milk 

 bought of them, giving specific gravity, solids and fat. While 

 in cases of skimming no proseciitions were attempted, the moral 

 efiect of the arrangement was salutary, and the result on the qual- 

 ity of the milk supply, satisfactory. 



This method, similar to that which, applied to Commercial 

 Fertilizers has worked well in Connecticut, might probably be 

 adopted to advantage in our large towns. 



The present State law with regard to the sale of milk is as 

 follows : 



Aisr Act to Prevent the Adulteration of Milk. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives in 



General Assembly convened: 



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Section 1. Whoever shall knowingly sell, supply, or bring to 

 be manufactured to any butter or cheese manufactory in this State 

 any milk diluted with water, or adulterated by the addition of 

 any foreign substance, or from which any cream or milk com- 

 monly known as strippings has been taken ; or whoever shall 

 knowingly bring or supply milk to any butter or cheese manufac- 

 tory that is tainted or partly sour, shall, for each offense, forfeit 

 and pay a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 

 one hundred dollars with cost of suit, to be sued for in a court of 

 competent jurisdiction, for the benefit of the person or persons, 

 firm or association, or corporation, or their assigns, upon whom 

 such fraud shall be committed. 



Sec. 2. The usual test for quality and the certificate of analy- 

 sis of the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station shall be deemed prima facie proof of adulteration. 



Sec. 3. No person shall sell, or expose for sale any milk from 

 which the cream or any part thereof has been removed, without 

 distinctly and durably affixing a label, tag, or mark of metal in a 

 conspicuous place upon the outside, and not more than six inches^ 



