1913.1 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



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Section 8. A sum not cxceedinu' five luiiulrod ddllnrs ycnrly sliall he 

 allowed and jiaid out of the treasury of the commouwoalth to meet the 

 cost of prosecutions under this act, to be paid upon the presentation to 

 the treasurer of the commonwealth by the director of the Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station of proper vouchers therefor. 



Section 9. The word " i)erson " as used in this act sliall include a 

 corporation, association or partnership or two or more persons having 

 a joint or common interest. 



Section 10. Sections sixty-five to sixty-nine, inclusive, of chapter 

 fifty-six of the Revised Laws, and chapter four hundred and twenty-five 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundi'ed and nine are hereby repealed. 



Section 11. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in the 

 year nineteen hundred and twelve. [Approved March 9, 1912. 



Summary of Inspection. 



1. Examination for Certificates. — Applicants are examined 

 in both theory and practice of the Babcock test. Of those who 

 have applied dnring the year, 28 candidates were given certifi- 

 cates, while 5 have been refused. 



2. Examination of Glassware. — Six thousand and fifty-six 

 pieces of Babcock glassware haA-e been tested, of which only 27 

 pieces were condemned as inaccnrate. The amount of nntested 

 glassware at present is very small as compared Avith that fonnd 

 formerly, and confirms the usefulness of the law. 



Following is a summary for the twelve years the law has been 

 in force : — 



' Average. 



3. Inspection of Machinery and Apparatus. — ]\[r. James T. 

 Howard as deputy inspector has visited and inspected the Bab- 



