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  LAWS 
  OF 
  1900. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  76. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relating 
  to 
  penalties 
  for 
  

   watering 
  milk 
  furnished 
  to 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  factories 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  on 
  the 
  co-operative 
  plan. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  March 
  6, 
  1900, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

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

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  thirty-seven 
  of 
  chapter 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  

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

   titled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  one, 
  

   two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  chapter 
  twenty-three 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  

   laws," 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-five 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-nine 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  

   read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  37. 
  Penalties. 
  — 
  Every 
  person 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  articles 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  of 
  sections 
  ninetv-one 
  and 
  ninetv-two 
  of 
  

   the 
  agricultural 
  law 
  and 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-one 
  of 
  

   the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-eight, 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  to 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  

   dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  every 
  such 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  A 
  person 
  who 
  brings 
  or 
  causes 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  butter 
  or 
  

   cheese 
  factory 
  owned 
  or 
  operated 
  by 
  a 
  co-operative 
  association, 
  

   milk 
  diluted 
  with 
  water 
  or 
  any 
  unclean, 
  impure, 
  unhealthy 
  

   adulterated 
  or 
  unwholesome 
  milk, 
  or 
  milk 
  from 
  which 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   cream 
  has 
  been 
  taken, 
  except 
  pure 
  skim 
  milk 
  to 
  skim 
  cheese 
  fac- 
  

   tories, 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  offense 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  and 
  for 
  each 
  subsequent 
  offense 
  the 
  sum 
  

   of 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  dollars; 
  upon 
  recovery 
  of 
  the 
  penalty 
  so 
  

   prescribed, 
  one-half 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  state 
  treasury, 
  

   one-fourth 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  county 
  treasury, 
  and 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  one-fourth 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  treasurer 
  of 
  the 
  co-operative 
  

   association 
  owning 
  or 
  operating 
  such 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  factory, 
  to 
  

  

  