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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



application for the inauguration of an inspection service in 

 such establishment. Said application shall be in writing 

 addressed to the state veterinarian* of California, and shall 

 be made on blanks which will be furnished by said state 

 veterinarian. In such application such applicant for inspec- 

 tion shall agree to comply with the provisions of this act and 

 to maintain said establishment in a clean and sanitary man- 

 ner. Upon receipt of said application the state veterinarian 

 shall make an inspection of said establishment and if found 

 clean and sanitary, and properly equipped to conduct its 

 business in a clean and sanitary manner, he shall inaugurate 

 an inspection service therein, and shall give to such establish- 

 ment an official number, and this number shall be used to 

 mark the meat and meat food products of the establishment 

 as hereinafter provided. Such an establishment shall there- 

 after be known as " Official Establishment No. " 



Fees. SEC. 2. The cost of such inspection service shall be borne 



by the establishment where it is maintained and shall be paid 

 for in the following manner: When, in the opinion of the 

 state veterinarian,* the volume of business is sufficient to occupy 

 the continuous services of one inspector, such establishment 

 shall pay a fee of one hundred and fifty dollars per month. 

 When, in the opinion of the state veterinarian, the services of 

 more than one inspector are required to properly carry on the 

 work, the fee in such cases shall be one hundred and fifty 

 dollars per month for the first inspector, and one hundred and 

 twenty-five dollars per month for each additional inspector. 

 When, in the opinicn of the state veterinarian, the inspection 

 work in two or more neighboring establishments can be prop- 

 erly supervised by one inspector, said state veterinarian may, 

 in such cases, prorate the fees among such establishments, but 

 in no instance where only one inspector is employed to super- 

 vise the work in more than one establishment shall the aggre- 

 gate fees be less than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, 

 and in no such instance shall the individual fees be less than 

 fifty dollars per month. All .such fees shall be paid during 

 the first week of January, April, July and October of each 

 year and they shall be paid in advance for the ensuing three 

 months. Such fees shall be paid to the state veterinarian, who 

 shall at least as often as once each month and oftener if 

 required to do so, report to the state controller the total 

 amount of fees collected, and at the same time he shall pay 

 into the state treasury the entire amount of said receipts. All 

 such receipts shall be credited to the meat hygiene fund, which 

 fund is hereby created, out of which shall be paid the salaries 

 of inspectors who are appointed in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of this act, as well as other expenses that may be 

 incurred incidental thereto. In no instance, however, shall 

 any of the fees collected as provided herein be refunded. The 



*See note, page 11 hereof. 



