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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Right to 



enter 



premises. 



Interference 



with 



inspectors. 



Failure to 

 conform to 

 act a 

 misdemeanor. 



enforcing the provisions of this act, .the act, omission or failure 

 of any employee, officer, agent or other person, acting for or 

 employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or 

 association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall 

 in every case also be deemed to be the act, omission or failure 

 of such individual, corporation, company, society or associa- 

 tion, as well as that of the person. The provisions of this act 

 shall be construed to apply to hotel keepers, restaurant keepers 

 and boarding-house keepers or any person who shall serve 

 meals and accept money therefor. 



SEC. 37. Every agent and inspector of the state dairy 

 bureau,* and every inspector of any city, county or state board 

 of health, is hereby authorized to enter upon and inspect any 

 dairy, dairy premises, creamery, cheese factory, ice cream 

 factory, or other place where dairy products of any kind are 

 being produced, sold, delivered or used, or where they suspect 

 that oleomargarine, or other substances designed to be used as 

 a substitute for butter, or renovated butter, or imitation but- 

 ter, or imitation cheese are being manufactured, sold, kept, 

 delivered, transported or stored in violation of- any of the 

 provisions of this act. 



It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to 

 prevent or interfere with the duly authorized inspectors or 

 agents of the state dairy bureau, or any city, county or state 

 board of health, or the inspectors thereof, from entering or 

 inspecting any place or premises where milk or products of 

 milk or where oleomargarine, or imitation butter or cheese, or 

 renovated butter, or any substance designed to be used as a 

 substitute for butter, are produced, manufactured, prepared, 

 sold, kept for sale, furnished or served, or to prevent or inter- 

 fere with such inspectors or agents in the event they deem it 

 advisable to secure samples of milk or milk products, or oleo- 

 margarine, or imitation butter or cheese, or renovated butter 

 or any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, 

 at or from any such place or person, for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining whether this act is being violated, or to interfere with 

 or prevent any such inspector or agent from examining any 

 record or books, required by the provisions of this act to be 

 open to the inspection of the state dairy bureau, or its agents. 



SEC. 38. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- 

 poration to fail, neglect or refuse to do any of the things 

 required to be done by the provisions of this act ; and it shall 

 be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to do any of 

 the things prohibited by the provisions of this act; and in 

 every case the failure, neglect or refusal to do anything 

 required by this act, and the doing of anything prohibited 

 by this act, is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall 

 be punished as herein provided. 



*See note, page 32 hereof. 



