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commissioner, and shall be regarded as having been appointed 

 under the provisions of this Act. 



Sec. 2. Power of Commissioner and Inspectors Making 

 Inspection. The State Food Commissioner, and such inspectors 

 and agents as shall be duly authorized for the purpose, when and 

 as often as they may deem it necessary for the purpose of deter- 

 mining whether any manufactured food complies with the law, 

 shall examine the raw materials used in the manufacture of food 

 products and determine whether any filthy, decomposed or putrid 

 substance is used in their preparation. They may also examine 

 all premises, carriages or carts where food is manufactured, 

 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 construced as permitting such 

 officers to inquire into, or examine methods of processes of manu- 

 facture, or requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers, 

 or packers of proprietary or other food products, to disclose 

 trade rights or secret processes, or methods of manufacture. 

 Said commissioner, inspectors and agents shall have power and 

 authority to open any package, can or vessel, containing or sup- 

 posed 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 analysis. The 

 employes of railroads, express companies or 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 samples thereof as 

 hereinafter provided for. 



Sec. 3. Refusal to Assist Inspector a Misdemeanor. Any 

 refusal or neglect on the part of such employes of railroads, ex- 

 press companies or other common carriers, to render such friend- 

 ly aid, or to furnish such samples for analysis, as provided for 



