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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 applica- 

 tion 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 certificate 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 superintendent in meet- 

 ing 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 a 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 per- 

 sons violating any of the provisions of this act, and, on convic- 

 tion, one-half of the fines 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 



1. Owners of creameries todeliver to pa- 



trons monthly, detailed statement. 



2. Creameries must weigh, sample and 



test milk. 



3. Owners of cheese factories to deliver 



to patrons detailed monthly state- 



Section 



4-5. Owners of creameries to make month- 

 ly statement of total receipts of 

 milk and pounds of butter pro- 

 duced. 

 6. Penalty for neglecting to comply with 

 act. 



ment. * 7. Act takes effect January 1, 1899. 



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

 Vermont: 



Section i. Every owner, operator or manager of a cream- 

 ery in this vState, whether co operative or proprietary, shall 

 monthly make and deliver to each of the patrons of said cream- 

 ery 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 creamery, 

 whether co operative or proprietary, who sells or otherwise dis- 

 poses of any of the milk received at such creamery, shall 



