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examine all premises, carriages or cars where food is manufac- 

 tured, transported, stored or served to patrons, for the purpose 

 only of ascertaining their sanitary condition and examining and 

 taking samples of the raw materials and finished products found 

 therein ; but nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting 

 close trade rights or secret processes, or methods of manufac- 

 manufacture, or requiring or compelling proprietors or manufac- 

 turers, or packers of proprietary or other food products, to dis- 

 close trade rights or secret processes, or meahods of manufac- 

 ture. Said commissioner, inspectors and agents shall also have 

 power and authority to open any package, can or vessel con- 

 taining or supposed to contain any article manufactured, sold 

 or exposed for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, in 

 violation of the provisions of this Act, or laws that now exist, 

 or that may hereafter be enacted in this State, and may inspect 

 the contents thereof, and may take samples therefrom for analy- 

 sis. The employes of railroads, express companies or other 

 common carriers shall render to them all the assistance in their 

 power, when so requested, in tracing, finding or disclosing the 

 presence of any article prohibited by law, and in securing sam- 

 ples thereof as hereinafter provided for. 



Section 3. Refusal to Assist Inspector a Misdemeanor — 

 Whoever, by himself, his agent, employe, or servant, hinders, ob- 

 structs, or in any way interferes with any inspector, analyst, or 

 officer appointed hereunder, in the performance of his duty, or 

 in the exercise of his powers as defined in this Act, or whoever 

 being an employe of a railroad, express company, or other com- 

 mon carrier refuses or fails upon request to assist the State 

 Food Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner, the State 

 Analyst, or any Inspector appointed hereunder in tracing, finding 

 or disclosing the presence of any article of food prohibited by 

 law and in securing samples thereof as provided for in section 

 2 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 shall be punished as hereinafter provided for. 



Section 4. The person taking such a sample as provided 



