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lates the Babcock test, or any other test, whether mechanical or 

 chemical, for the purpose of measuring the contents of butter 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 Agricultural College 

 that he or she is competent and well qualified to perform such 

 work. The rules and regulations in the application for such cer- 

 tificate 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 superintendent of the Dairy School 

 and to be used by the sviperintendent in meeting the expenses in- 

 curred 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 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 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 MANAGEMENT OF THE 



SAME. 



Section 



1. Owners of creameries to deliver 



to patrons montlily detailed 

 statement. 



2. Creameries must weigh, sam- 



ple and test milk. 



3. Owners of cheese factories to 



deliver to patrons detailed 

 monthly statement. 



Section 



4-5. Owners of creameries to 

 make monthly statement 

 of total receipts of milk 

 and pounds of butten pro- 

 duced. 

 C. Penalty for neg-lecting to 



comply with act. 

 7. Act takes effect January 1, 

 1899. 



// is hereby enacted by the (ieiteral Assembly of the State 

 of Vermont: 



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

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

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

 ery a statement of the number of pounds of milk or cream such 



