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pies thereof, or to fraudulently manipulate such samples. 

 The hauler or other agent shall weigh or measure the milk or 

 cream of each patron accurately and correctly and shall report 

 such weights or measurements accurately and correctly to the 

 creamery or factory. He shall thoroughly mix the milk or 

 cream of each patron by pouring or stirring until such milk 

 or cream is uniform and homogeneous in richness, before 

 the sample is taken from such milk or cream. When the 

 weighing or sampling is done at the creamery, shipping 

 station or factory, the same rule shall apply. 



It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, Testin s milk - 

 by himself or as the agent, servant, employee or officer of any 

 person, firm or corporation receiving or purchasing milk or 

 cream on the basis of the amount of butter fat contained 

 therein, to under-read, over-read or otherwise fraudulently 

 manipulate the Babcock test used for determining the per 

 cent of butter fat in milk or cream, or to falsify the records 

 thereof cr to read the test at any other temperature than the 

 correct one, which is one hundred thirty degrees to one hun- 

 dred forty degrees Fahrenheit, or to pay on the basis of any 

 measurement or weight except the true measurement or weight 

 which is seventeen and six-tenths cubic centimeters for milk 

 and nine grams or eighteen grams for cream ; provided, that 

 in all tests for cream the cream shall be weighed into the test 

 bottle. All testing of milk or cream purchased on the basis Licensed 

 of the amount of butter fat contained therein, shall be done tei 

 by a licensed tester who shall supervise and be responsible 

 for the operation of the Babcock test of milk or cream. The 

 license shall be issued to such person by the state dairy 

 bureau* whose duty it shall be to examine into the qualifica- 

 tions of all applicants for such license, and every such appli- 

 cant shall satisfy said bureau of his qualifications and comply 

 with the provisions herein before any license shall be issued 

 to him. 



Every creamery, shipping station, milk factory, cheese ce P se ? 

 factory, ice cream factory, condensory, or any person, firm 

 or corporation receiving or purchasing milk or cream on the 

 basis of butter fat contained therein, shall be required to hold 

 a license so to do. The license shall be issued to such cream- 

 ery, shipping station, milk factory, condensory, ice cream 

 factory, cheese factory, or person, firm or corporation by the 

 state dairy bureau upon complying with all sanitary laws, 

 rules and regulations of the State of California and upon 

 complying with the provisions of this act and upon payment 

 of a license fee as provided for in this section. 



All licenses required herein shall expire on the thirty-first 

 day of December of each year and the fee for issuing same year. 

 shall be one dollar for a full year or twenty-five cents for 

 each remaining quarter or fraction thereof. The licenses may 

 be revoked by the state dairy bureau if, after due notice, the 



*See note, page 32 hereof. 



