﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  MASSACHUSETTS. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  amends 
  certain 
  sections 
  of 
  previous 
  acts 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  read 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  9. 
  " 
  In 
  all 
  prosecutions 
  under 
  this 
  chapter, 
  if 
  the 
  milk 
  

   is 
  shoAvn 
  upon 
  analysis 
  to 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  thirteen 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  

   milk 
  solids, 
  or 
  to 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  nine 
  and 
  three-tenths 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   of 
  milk 
  solids 
  exclusive 
  of 
  fat, 
  or 
  to 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  and 
  

   seven-tenths 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  fat, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  he 
  not 
  of 
  good 
  standard 
  quality, 
  except 
  during 
  the 
  

   months 
  of 
  April, 
  May, 
  June, 
  July, 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  when 
  

   milk 
  containing 
  less 
  than 
  twelve 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  milk 
  solids, 
  or 
  less 
  

   than 
  nine 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  milk 
  solids, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  fat, 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  

   three 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  fat, 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  of 
  good 
  standard 
  

   quality. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  " 
  Whenever 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health, 
  dairy 
  bureau, 
  

   or 
  other 
  State 
  or 
  city 
  authority 
  obtains 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  milk 
  for 
  in- 
  

   spection, 
  by 
  taking, 
  purchase 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  said 
  

   sample 
  shall, 
  within 
  ten 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  procurement 
  thereof, 
  be 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  from 
  whom 
  the 
  sample 
  was 
  obtained." 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  chap. 
  169.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  relative 
  to 
  renovated 
  butter, 
  and 
  requires 
  that 
  

   whoever, 
  by 
  himself 
  or 
  agent, 
  sells 
  or 
  exposes 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  has 
  in 
  

   his 
  possession 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  sell 
  any 
  article 
  or 
  compound 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  as 
  process 
  butter 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  words 
  " 
  Renovated 
  

   Butter 
  " 
  conspicuously 
  stamped, 
  labeled, 
  or 
  marked 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  

   line 
  in 
  printed 
  letters 
  of 
  plain, 
  uncondensed 
  Gothic 
  type, 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  so 
  that 
  said 
  words 
  cannot 
  easily 
  be 
  

   defaced, 
  upon 
  the 
  top, 
  side 
  and 
  bottom 
  of 
  every 
  tub, 
  firkin, 
  box 
  

   or 
  package 
  containing 
  said 
  article 
  or 
  compound. 
  

  

  Renovated 
  butter, 
  if 
  sold 
  by 
  retail 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  package, 
  

   the 
  seller 
  shall, 
  by 
  himself 
  or 
  agent, 
  attach 
  to 
  each 
  package 
  so 
  sold, 
  

   and 
  shall 
  deliver 
  therewith 
  to 
  the 
  purchaser, 
  a 
  label 
  or 
  wrapper 
  

   bearing 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  upon 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  package 
  the 
  

   words 
  " 
  Renovated 
  Butter," 
  in 
  printed 
  letters 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  of 
  

  

  