TESTIMONY OF THOMAS C. DOREMUS, JR. 215 



Q. It was a report of yours as a public officer ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Made to whom? A. Made to the Mayor and Board of 

 Aldermen. 



Q. By whom you were appointed ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Then the report is an official act done by you in the perform- 

 ance of an official duty ? A. It is. 



By Mr. PRENTICE Q. "Well, sir ; I read now from your report of 

 1875 ; please say to me if you made that report, and if these are your 

 words : " Good milk has a specific gravity of from 1.029 to 1.033, water 

 being 1.000 ; the lower number is selected as a fair gravity for pure 

 milk, and whenever the gravity falls below this number it may be 

 considered as containing an excess of water" ; is that yours? A. 

 Yes, sir. 



Q. And that is from your report ? A. Yes, sir. 



By Mr. WAEHNER Q. But in giving your testimony as to whether 

 or not there had been added water, would you swear that there had 

 been ? 



(Objected to). 



Q. If you found a sample of milk standing lower than 1.029 would 

 you swear that it had been watered ? 



(Objected to ; objection overruled.) 



A. I stated before that I examined milk having a lower specific 

 gravity than 1,029. 



Q. Would such an examination amount to anything more than 

 an inference. 



(Objected to ; question withdrawn.) 



WITNESS In justice to myself, as the report may be published, I 

 wish to state that 1.029 is as low as milk is ordinarily found under 

 certain conditions ; the specific gravity may be less, but 1.029 is 

 lower than the average milk in Rhode Island. 



THOMAS C. DOREMUS, JR., recalled by Mr. WAEHNER : 



Q. Mr. Doremus, I understand that you visited Mr. Mulford's 

 establishment upon the 18th of December, and procured from there 

 certain samples of milk ? A. I did, sir. 



Q. Did you see all the cow's milk from which you procured 

 these samples ? A. Yes, sir ; I did. 



