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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^; 

 manufacture, or requiring or compelling proprietors or manufac-j 

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

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

 ture. Said commissioner, inspectors and agents shall also havej 

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

 taining or supposed to contain any article manufactured, soldi 

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

 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-J 

 sis. The employes of railroads, express companies or other] 

 common carriers shall render to them all the assistance in theirj 

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

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

 pies thereof as hereinafter provided for. i 



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 Section 3. Refusal to Assist Inspector a Misdemeanor. — ! 

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

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

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

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

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

 mon carrier refuses or fails upon request to assist the State; 

 Food Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner, the StateJ 

 Analyst, or any Inspector appointed hereunder in tracing, findingi; 

 or disclosing the presence of any article of food prohibited byj 

 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. I 



Section 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 or unbroken packages, he\ 

 shall select two of such packages, which two said packages shalh 



