﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  833 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  relating 
  to 
  fines 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  unmerchantable 
  

   or 
  adulterated 
  milk, 
  and 
  reads 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  " 
  Any 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  

   furnish 
  or 
  deliver, 
  or 
  have 
  in 
  his 
  possession, 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  sell 
  

   or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  furnish 
  or 
  deliver 
  to 
  any 
  creamery, 
  cheese 
  

   factory, 
  corporation, 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  whatever, 
  as 
  pure, 
  whole- 
  

   some 
  and 
  unskiramed, 
  any 
  unmerchantable, 
  adulterated, 
  impure 
  or 
  

   unwholesome 
  milk, 
  shall, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof, 
  be 
  punished 
  

   by 
  a 
  fine." 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  166.) 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  prosecutions 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  milk 
  is 
  deemed 
  to 
  be 
  unmer- 
  

   chantable, 
  adulterated, 
  impure 
  or 
  unwholesome, 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  proven 
  to 
  

   contain 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  percentum 
  of 
  pure 
  butter 
  fat 
  by 
  chemical 
  

   analysis, 
  or 
  other 
  satisfactory 
  test, 
  or 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  diluted 
  

   or 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cream 
  abstracted, 
  or 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  drawn 
  from 
  

   a 
  cow 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  defendant 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   within 
  fifteen 
  days 
  before 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  parturi- 
  

   tion, 
  or 
  which 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  disease, 
  ulcers 
  or 
  other 
  

   running 
  sores, 
  and 
  in 
  either 
  such 
  case 
  the 
  milk 
  sold 
  or 
  offered 
  

   for 
  sale, 
  furnished 
  or 
  delivered 
  or 
  had 
  in 
  possession 
  with 
  intent 
  

   to 
  sell 
  it 
  as 
  pure 
  wholesome 
  and 
  unskimmed 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  or 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  unmerchantable, 
  adulterated, 
  impure 
  or 
  unwholesome, 
  

   as 
  the 
  fact 
  may 
  be. 
  Proof 
  of 
  adulteration 
  or 
  skimming 
  may 
  be 
  

   made 
  with 
  such 
  standard 
  tests 
  and 
  lactometers 
  as 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  

   determine 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  milk 
  or 
  by 
  chemical 
  analysis. 
  (Laws 
  

   1889, 
  chaps. 
  344, 
  425; 
  Laws 
  1887, 
  chap. 
  157.) 
  

  

  " 
  Anv 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  manufacturer 
  who 
  shall 
  knowinglv 
  use 
  

   or 
  allow 
  any 
  other 
  person 
  to 
  use 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  himself 
  or 
  any 
  

   other 
  person 
  than 
  he 
  who 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  benefit 
  thereof, 
  any 
  

   milk 
  or 
  cream 
  from 
  the 
  milk 
  brought 
  to 
  him, 
  without 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sent 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  thereof, 
  or 
  who 
  shall 
  refuse 
  or 
  neglect 
  to 
  keep 
  

   or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  kept 
  a 
  correct 
  account 
  (which 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  

   inspection 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  furnishing 
  milk 
  to 
  him) 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  milk 
  daily 
  received, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds 
  of 
  butter, 
  and 
  

   the 
  number 
  and 
  aggregate 
  weight 
  of 
  cheese 
  made 
  by 
  him 
  each 
  

  

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