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or chemical, for the purpose of measuring the contents of but- 

 ter fat in milk or cream as a basis for apportioning- the value 

 of such milk or cream, or the butter or cheese made from the 

 same shall secure a certificate from the superintendent of the 

 dairy school of the university of Vermont and State Agricul- 

 tural College that he or she is competent and well qualified to 

 perform such work. The rules and regulations in the appli- 

 cation 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 super- 

 intendent of the dairy school and to be used by the superin- 

 tendent in meeting the expenses incurred under this section. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this act, shall, on conviction in court of competent 

 jurisdiction, be lined not more than twenty-five dollars for the 

 first offense, and not more than fifty dollars for each subse- 

 quent offense. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, deputy 

 sheriff and constable to institute complaint against any per- 

 son 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 MANAGE- 

 MENT 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 de- 



liver to patrons detailed monthly 

 statement. 



Section 



4-5. Owners of creameries to make 

 monthly statement of total re- 

 ceipts of milk and pounds of but- 

 ter produced. 



6. Penalty for neglecting to comply 



with act. 



7. Act takes effect January i, 1S99. 



It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly oj the State 

 of Vermont: 



Section 1. Every owner, operator or manager of a 

 creamery in this State whether co-operative or proprietary, 

 shall monthlv make and deliver to each of the patrons of said 

 creamery a statement of the number of pounds of milk or 

 cream such patron delivers for that month, together 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 cream- 

 ery, whether co-operative or proprietary who sells or other- 



