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wise 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 for that month shall be the one used in ascertaining 

 the actual number of pounds of butter produced from such 

 milk as is sold or otherwise disposed of. 



Sec. 3. The owner, operator or manager of any cheese 

 factory in the State, whether co-operative or proprietary, 

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

 a statement representing the number of pounds of milk he 

 delivers for each month, together with the test and actual 

 number of pounds of cheese produced by such milk for said 

 month. And the price paid for the same shall be computed 

 on actual number of pounds of cheese. 



Sec. 4. Every owner, operator or manager of a ceamery 

 in this State, whether co-operative or proprietary, shall make 

 a statement each month of the total number of pounds of milk 

 received for that month, together with the gain per cent, 

 from the churn, and the actual number of pounds of butter 

 produced from said milk and cream. 



Sec. 5. The statement mentioned in the preceding sec- 

 tion shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said creameries. 



Sec. 6. Any manager or proprietor of any creamery or 

 cheese factory in the State, who after request by any person 

 refuses or neglects foi the space of ten days, to comply with 

 any of the provisions of this act, shall forfeit to said person 

 ten dollars for each refusal or neglect, to be recovered by an 

 action founded on this statute. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect January 1, 1899. 



Approved November 29, 1898. 



No. 83.— AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF 

 CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS. 



Section 



i. Concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuff on sale must bear printed 

 statement of certain facts. 



2-3. Concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuff defined. 



4. Copy of statement required by sec- 



tion 1 must be filed with director 

 of experiment station, and sam- 

 ples supported by affidavit sub- 

 mitted to him. 



5. Inspection tax. 



Section. 

 6. Penalties. 



Manufacturers and importers shall 

 furnish certain information to di- 

 rector of experiment station. 

 Provisions for making analysis of 



feeding stuffs offered for sale. 

 Prosecutions for violations, how 

 conducted. 



10. Term "importer" defined. 



11. Inconsistent acts repealed. 



12. Act takes effect July i, 1899 



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// is hereby enacted by the Genera/ Assembly of the State 

 of Vermont: 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of any concentrated com- 

 mercial feeding stuff, as defined in section three of this act, 



