﻿11-16 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Eepoet 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  544. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relating 
  to 
  tests 
  for 
  as- 
  

   certaining 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  fats 
  in 
  milk. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  April 
  19, 
  1900, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

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

   AsscmUy, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  twenty-three 
  of 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  

   entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  

   one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  chapter 
  thirty-three 
  of 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  laws," 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  23. 
  Eegulations 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  factories. 
  — 
  

   No 
  person 
  shall 
  sell, 
  supply 
  or 
  bring 
  to 
  be 
  manufactured 
  to 
  any 
  

   butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  factory 
  any 
  milk 
  diluted 
  with 
  water, 
  or 
  any 
  un- 
  

   clean, 
  impure, 
  unhealthy, 
  adulterated 
  or 
  unwholesome 
  milk, 
  or 
  

   milk 
  from 
  which 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  cream 
  has 
  been 
  taken, 
  except 
  pure 
  

   skim 
  milk 
  to 
  skim-cheese 
  factories. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  sell, 
  supply 
  

   or 
  bring 
  to 
  be 
  manufactured 
  to 
  any 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  factory 
  any 
  

   milk 
  from 
  which 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  kept 
  back 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  

   commonly 
  known 
  as 
  strippings, 
  or 
  any 
  milk 
  that 
  is 
  sour, 
  except 
  

   pure 
  skim 
  milk 
  to 
  skim-cheese 
  factories. 
  The 
  owner 
  or 
  pro- 
  

   prietor 
  or 
  the 
  persons 
  having 
  charge 
  of 
  any 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  fac- 
  

   tory, 
  not 
  buying 
  all 
  the 
  milk 
  used 
  by 
  him, 
  shall 
  not 
  use 
  for 
  his 
  

   own 
  benefit, 
  or 
  allow 
  any 
  of 
  his 
  employes 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  person 
  

   to 
  use 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  benefit, 
  any 
  milk, 
  cream, 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  or 
  

   any 
  other 
  product 
  thereof, 
  brought 
  to 
  such 
  factory, 
  without 
  the 
  

   consent 
  of 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  such 
  milk 
  or 
  the 
  products 
  thereof. 
  Every 
  

   butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  manufacturer 
  not 
  buying 
  all 
  the 
  milk 
  he 
  uses, 
  

   shall 
  keep 
  a 
  correct 
  account 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  milk 
  daily 
  received, 
  of 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  packages 
  of 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  made 
  each 
  day, 
  and 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  packages 
  and 
  aggregate 
  weight 
  of 
  cheese 
  and 
  butter 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  each 
  day; 
  which 
  account 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  inspection 
  

   to 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  delivers 
  milk 
  to 
  such 
  factory. 
  -Whenever 
  

   manufacturers 
  of 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  purchase 
  milk 
  upon 
  the 
  basis 
  

   of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  fat 
  contained 
  therein 
  and 
  use 
  for 
  ascertaining 
  

   the 
  amount 
  of 
  such 
  fat 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Babcock 
  test, 
  the 
  

  

  