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such machines to be put into condition to obtain accurate results 

 with the Babcock test or other tests, at the expense of the owners 

 thereof. Such machines may be replaced by new ones at the 

 option of the persons to whom they belong. 



Section 4. No person shall, either by himself or in the employ 

 of any other person, firm or corporation, manipulate the Babcock 

 test, or any other test, whether mechanical or chemical, for the 

 purpose of measuring the butter fat contained in milk or cream as 

 a basis for determining the value of such milk or cream, or of but- 

 ter or cheese made from the same, without first obtaining a certif- 

 icate from the director of the Hatch Experiment Station that he 

 or she is competent to perform such work. Rules governing appli- 

 cations for such certificates and the granting of the same shall be 

 established by the said director. The fee for issuing such a certif- 

 icate shall in no case exceed two dollars, the same to be paid by 

 the applicant to the said director, to be used in meeting the ex- 

 penses incurred under this act. 



Section 5. It shall be the duty of the director of the Hatch 

 Experiment Station to test farmers' samples of milk or cream by 

 the Babcock method, and report the results of each test, the cost 

 of such test to be paid by the farmer. The director shall also test 

 by the Babcock method, samples of milk or cream sent from any 

 creamery, factory or milk depot in the state by its proper repre- 

 sentative, the actual cost of such tests to be borne by the sender. 

 The experiment station shall publish and distribute such informa- 

 tion concerning the Babcock test, and the taking and forwarding 

 of samples, as it deems necessary under this section. 



Section 6. Any person violating any provision of this act 

 shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for the first offence 

 and not more than fifty dollars for each subsequent offence. 



Section 7. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in 

 the year nineteen hundred and one. [Approved March 26, 1901. 



The execution of the above law having been referred to 

 this division, a circular was prepared, giving the text of the 

 law, together with such rules and regulations as it seemed 

 wise to make for the carrying out of its several provisions. 

 There seeming to be doubt in some instances as to whom 

 the law applied, the following interpretation was made, 

 which is ])elieved to be correct and in accordance with the 

 spirit of the law : — 



1. All parties employing the Babcock or similar test 



