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ing and deducting the other expenses, divide the proceeds pro 

 rata, according to the amount of butter-fat delivered by each 

 patron, as determined by the Babcock test. 



Art. 5. It shall also be the duty of the treasurer and sales- 

 man to keep the books of the association, and make final divi- 

 dend yearly to all the patrons whenever all the cheese is sold 

 and paid for. He shall also keep a milk book, showing the 

 number and amount of cheese made each month, to be taken 

 from the factory's books. Said treasurer's milk and cheese 

 books shall be subject to the inspection of the patrons and the 

 president. 



Art. 6. The manager shall keep an accurate account with 

 each patron of the number of pounds of milk delivered each 

 day and make and record daily (every week or month) tests of 

 same to show its fat content; also an account of the number and 

 amount of cheese made, which accounts shall be subject to the 

 inspection of the officers and patrons. 



Art. 7. The president shall be authorized to preside over 

 the entire transactions of patrons or officers, and constitute a 

 committee to investigate all matters pertaining to said factory, 

 and if any contingency should arise, he shall be authorized to 

 bring suit in law against any delinquent. 



Art. 8. The manager (cheese-maker) shall be authorized to 

 criticise all milk offered, and he shall reject the same if in his 

 judgment said milk is unfit to run into cheese; also to deter- 

 mine the fat content of any milk, and if found to be below the 

 legal standard of the State, shall report the same to the presi- 

 dent, whose duty it shall be to send out a committee of three to 

 the premises of said delinquent, witnessing the transit of the 

 milk on the ensuing day from the cow to the factory, which 

 shall again be tested as on the previous day, and if found to 

 vary, the party in question shall be adjudged guilty of having 

 diluted or adulterated the same, as shall appear, and shall forfeit 

 and pay to the association as liquidated damages the sum of 

 twenty-five dollars for each and every day such dilution shall 

 occur. 



Art. 9. The president shall also have power to call special 

 meetings of the patrons at any time he may deem it necessary, 

 ^nd he shall be required to call a meeting of the patrons when 



