Section 8. A sum not exceeding five hundred dollars yearly 

 shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth 

 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 " person " as used in this act shall 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 chap- 

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

 twenty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine are 

 hereby repealed. 



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

 the year nineteen hundred and twelve. {^Approved March g, igi2. 



II. Salient Points in the Act. 



The following persons are included within the 

 Persons included, meaning of the law: (a) operators who use the 



test as a basis of payment for milk and cream; 

 (b) operators in milk depots, creameries or laboratories where the 

 test is used in determining the fat content of purchased milk or 

 cream with a view to ascertaining if it be of standard quality; (c) 

 milk inspectors. 



The above mentioned operators must secure 

 Certificates. from the director of the experiment station or 



his authorized deputy a certificate of compe- 

 tency. This is done by applying for an examination. Upon re- 

 ceipt of the application an arrangement will be made with the appli- 

 cant for a time and place for the examination. If the results of the 

 examination are satisfactory, a certificate will be issued to the appli- 

 cant. It is believed it will be more satisfactory, as a rule, for the 

 applicant to come to Amherst by previous appointment for the ex- 

 amination. In exceptional cases, if the applicant desires that the 

 examination be held elsewhere, an arrangement relative to time and 

 cost will be made if possible. Such cost will include, in addition to 

 the two dollars for the certificate, the traveling expenses and the 

 extra cost of the time of the examiner. 



