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whose stock was sampled; and the sample or samples retained 

 by the Director shall be for comparison with the certified state- 

 ment named in section two of this act. The result of the analy- 

 sis of the sample or samples so procured shall be published in a 

 report or- bulletin within reasonable time. 



Sect. 7. Whenever the Director becomes cognizant of the 

 violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall report 

 such violation to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, and 

 said Secretary shall prosecute the party or parties thus reported ; 

 but it shall be the duty of said Secretary upon thus ascertaining" 

 any violation of this act, to forthwith notify the manufacturer or 

 importer in writing, and give him not less than thirty days there- 

 after in which to comply with the requirements of this act, but 

 there shall be no prosecution in relation to the quality of any 

 fertilizer or fertilizing material if the same shall be found sub- 

 stantially equivalent to the certified statement named in section 

 two of this act. 



Sect. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. 

 Approved February 24, 1897. 



Chapter 169. 

 An Act for the Protection of Dairymen. 



Section 1. All bottles, pipettes or other measuring glasses 

 used by any person, firm or corporation, or their agents or 

 employes, at any creamery, butter factory, cheese factory or con- 

 densed milk factory, or elsewhere in this State, in determining 

 by the Babcock test, or by any other test, the value of milk or 

 cream received from different persons or parties at such cream- 

 eries or factories, shall before such use be tested for accuracy 

 of measurement and for accuracy of the per cent, scale marked 

 thereon. Such bottles, pipettes or measuring glasses shall bear 

 in marks or characters ineffaceable the evidence that such test 

 has been made by the authority named in section two of this 

 act. And no inaccurate bottles, pipettes or other glasses shall 

 bear such marks or characters. 



