^1^ Illinois State Dairymen's Association. 



mining whether any manufactured food comphes 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 rnay 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 construed 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 carries 

 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 

 in section 2 of this Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and 

 shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 4. The person taking such sample as provided for in 

 section 2 of this Act, shall in the case of bulk or broken package 

 goods divide the same into two equal parts, as nearly as may be, 

 and in the case of sealed and unbroken packages he shall select 

 two of said packages, which two said packages shall constitute 

 the sample taken and, properly to identify the same, he shall, in 

 the presence of the person from whom the same is taken, mark or 

 seal each half or part of such sample with a paper seal or other- 

 wise, and shall write his name thereon and number each part of 



