﻿COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  1113 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  loi. 
  

  

  ^AN 
  AOT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relative 
  to 
  tlie 
  weighing 
  

  

  of 
  sugar 
  beets. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  March 
  17, 
  1899, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  

   Passed, 
  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Yorh, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   !Assemhly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  seventy-five 
  of 
  tlie 
  jagricultural 
  law, 
  as 
  

   amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  five 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  ninety-seven, 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  § 
  75, 
  Weighman, 
  powers 
  and 
  duties. 
  Tt 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  to 
  appoint 
  at 
  each 
  sugar 
  manu- 
  

   factory 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  where 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  such 
  manufactory 
  shall 
  

   exceed 
  two 
  thousand 
  pounds 
  of 
  sugar 
  per 
  day, 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  

   weigh 
  all 
  beets 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons, 
  corporation 
  or 
  

   association 
  operating 
  said 
  manufactory. 
  Such 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  

   kno^\^l 
  as 
  the 
  weighman, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  keep 
  accurate 
  record 
  of 
  all 
  

   duties 
  performed 
  by 
  him. 
  He 
  shall 
  discharge 
  all 
  duties 
  pertain- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  his 
  position 
  in 
  an 
  impartial 
  manner, 
  and 
  shall 
  furnish 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  and 
  sufficient 
  bond 
  in 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  for 
  the 
  faithful 
  discharge 
  of 
  his 
  

   duties 
  as 
  prescribed 
  by 
  this 
  act. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  

   may 
  appoint 
  such 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  assist 
  said 
  weighman 
  as 
  

   the 
  service 
  to 
  be 
  performed 
  may 
  require. 
  Each 
  person 
  so 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  shall 
  give 
  bond 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  this 
  section. 
  The 
  weigh- 
  

   man 
  shall 
  take 
  into 
  his 
  possession, 
  promptly 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  beets 
  

   at 
  such 
  manufactory, 
  such 
  samples' 
  of 
  beets 
  as 
  he 
  deems 
  fair 
  and 
  

   equitable, 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  remove 
  dirt 
  or 
  other 
  dockage. 
  He 
  shall 
  

   then 
  promptly 
  weigh 
  all 
  beets 
  from 
  which 
  samples 
  have 
  been 
  

   taken 
  and 
  keep 
  an 
  accurate 
  record 
  of 
  all 
  weights, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  such 
  

   records 
  shall 
  show 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  seller 
  and 
  the 
  buyer. 
  

   The 
  weights 
  furnished 
  by 
  said 
  weighman 
  shall 
  be 
  accepted 
  by 
  

   both 
  the 
  seller 
  and 
  the 
  buyer, 
  and 
  upon 
  such 
  weight 
  so 
  furnished 
  

   settlement 
  between 
  the 
  seller 
  and 
  the 
  buver 
  shall 
  be 
  made. 
  The 
  

   compensation 
  or 
  fee 
  allowed 
  such 
  weighman 
  shall 
  not 
  exceed 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  per 
  day 
  for 
  time 
  actually 
  employed 
  and 
  for 
  

   his 
  assistants 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  three 
  dollars 
  per 
  day 
  for 
  the 
  

   time 
  actually 
  employed. 
  All 
  expenses 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  duties- 
  of 
  

   said 
  weighman 
  or 
  his 
  assistants, 
  as 
  prescribed 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons, 
  corporation 
  or 
  association 
  oper- 
  

  

  