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weigh and carefully sample the same, and shall test such sam- 

 ples, 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 state- 

 ment representing the number of pounds of milk he delivers for 

 each month, together with the test and actual number of pounds 

 of cheese produced bv 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 creamery 

 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 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 re- 

 fuses, or neglects for the space of ten days, to comply with any 

 of the provisions of this act, shall forfeit to said person ten dol- 

 lars 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 CON- 

 CENTRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS. 



Section 



1. Concentrated commercial feedingstuff 



on sale must bear printed statement 



of certain facts. 

 2-3. Concentrated commercial feedingstuff 



defined. 



4. Copy of statement required by section 



1 must be filed with director of ex- 

 periment station, and samples sup- 

 ported by affidavit submitted to 

 him. 



5. Inspection tax. 



Section 



6. Penalties. 



7. Manufacturers and importers shall 



furnish certain information to di- 

 rector of experiment station. 



8. Provisions for making analysis of 



feeding stuffs offered for sale. 



9. Prosecutions for violations, how con- 



ducted. 



10. Term "importer" defined. 



11. Inconsistent acts repealed. 



12. Act takes effect July 1, 1899. 



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

 Vermont: 



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

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



