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  OF 
  Agriculture. 
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  used 
  by 
  persons 
  buying 
  or 
  pooling 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  or 
  apportion- 
  

   ing 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  butter 
  

   fat 
  contained 
  therein. 
  The 
  said 
  director 
  or 
  person 
  designated 
  

   test 
  the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  all 
  bottles, 
  pipettes 
  or 
  other 
  measuring 
  glasses 
  

   as 
  are 
  found 
  correct, 
  in 
  marks 
  or 
  characters 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  

   erased, 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  stand 
  as 
  proof 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  

   tested. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  who 
  manipulates 
  the 
  Babcock 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  test 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  measuring 
  the 
  butter 
  fat 
  of 
  milk 
  or 
  cream 
  for 
  a 
  

   basis 
  of 
  apportioning 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  or 
  the 
  

   butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  made 
  from 
  same, 
  shall 
  secure 
  a 
  certificate 
  from 
  

   the 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  dairy 
  school 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  that 
  he 
  or 
  she 
  is 
  competent 
  and 
  well 
  qualified 
  to 
  

   perform 
  such 
  work. 
  

  

  Whoever 
  uses 
  or 
  has 
  in 
  possession 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  use, 
  at 
  any 
  

   creamery, 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  factory, 
  or 
  condensed 
  milk 
  factory, 
  

   any 
  sulphuric 
  acid 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  and 
  eighty-two 
  one-hundredtlis 
  

   of 
  specific 
  gravity 
  in 
  the 
  process 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Babcock 
  test, 
  or 
  any 
  

   other 
  test 
  for 
  determining 
  the 
  butter 
  fat 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  cream, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  subject 
  to 
  specified 
  fines. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  chap. 
  169.) 
  

  

  Whoever 
  ma^nuf 
  actures 
  or 
  sells 
  any 
  substance 
  or 
  compound 
  made 
  

   in 
  imitation 
  of 
  yellow 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese, 
  and 
  not 
  made 
  exclu- 
  

   sively 
  and 
  wholly 
  of 
  cream 
  or 
  milk, 
  or 
  containing 
  any 
  fats, 
  oil 
  or 
  

   grease 
  not 
  produced 
  from 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  whether 
  said 
  article 
  

   is 
  named 
  oleomargarine, 
  butterine, 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  forfeits 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  offense 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  two 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  

   subsequent 
  offense. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  March 
  26.) 
  

  

  MAKYLAND. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  all 
  dairymen 
  or 
  herdsmen 
  or 
  private 
  

   individuals, 
  supplying 
  milk 
  to 
  cities, 
  towns 
  and 
  villages 
  to 
  register 
  

   their 
  herds 
  or 
  cattle 
  with 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  sanitary 
  board." 
  

  

  