52 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Report of Whenever any agent or inspector of the state dairy bureau 



dSry 86 shall discover the existence of any contagious or infectious 



cattle. disease among dairy cattle, or have reason to believe that such 



disease may exist, the same shall be immediately reported to 



the state veterinarian. 



dS cei bureau ^e state dairy bureau shall have power to employ an agent 

 or secretary at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars 

 a year, and such inspectors, assistants and chemists as from 

 time to time it may deem necessary for the proper enforcement 

 of the provisions of this act, and to fix the compensation of 

 such inspectors at not to exceed five dollars per day, exclusive 

 of their necessary and actual expenses, such expenses to be 

 itemized and rendered under oath, or one hundred and twenty- 

 five dollars per month exclusive of their necessary and actual 

 expenses. Such agents shall have had experience in the manu- 

 facture of dairy products and the handling of dairy cattle. 



The sta.te dairy bureau, through its agent and secretary, and 

 etc - assistant agents, shall inspect the dairies, dairy cattle, cream- 



eries and other factories of dairy products, markets and other 

 places where dairy products are prepared or handled, and keep 

 a careful record of such inspection and report the same to the 

 state dairy bureau and upon evidence obtained that any of the 

 provisions of this act are being violated, the state dairy bureau, 

 through its agent and secretary, or its inspectors, shall duly 

 enter complaint against the party or parties, responsible for 

 such violations and cause the same to be prosecuted, except in 

 cases where any dairy, creamery or other factory of milk 

 products, or store or depot where milk and its products are 

 handled and sold, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, in 

 which case the agent and secretary, or the inspector, for the 

 district in which the violation occurred, shall serve upon the 

 owner, or owners, or person in charge of the dairy, creamery 

 or other factory of milk products so found to be in an unsani- 

 tary condition, a written notice specifying in detail the changes 

 required to be made to place such dairy, creamery, or other 

 factory of milk products or store or depot in a sanitary condi- 

 tion as defined in this act. Should such changes not have been 

 made at the expiration of thirty days after the date when the 

 notice was served, the state dairy bureau, through its agent 

 and secretary, or its inspectors, shall enter complaint against 

 . the person or persons responsible for such unsanitary condi- 

 tions and cause them to be prosecuted for violating this act. 



attorney to ^ EC - ^4. ^ sna ^ ^ tne duty of the district attorney of each 



prosecute for and every county of this state, upon application of the state 



lon * dairy bureau,* or its agent and secretary, or any of its inspec- 



tors or assistant agents, to attend to the prosecution, in the 



name of the people, of any action brought for the violation of 



any of the provisions of this act within his county. 



Act of 1897 SEC. 45. The provisions of section fifteen of the act 



approved March 4, 1897, entitled "An act to prevent deception 



in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, to secure its 



*See note, page 32 hereof. 



