10 BULLETIN 1, TJ. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUKE. 
New Jersey has also passed a very stringent law governing the 
production of certified milk. This act was approved by the gov- 
ernor on April 21, 1909, and a section of it reads as follows : 
11. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or exchange or offer or expose 
for sale or exchange as and for certified milk any milk which is not produced 
in conformity with the methods and regulations prescribed by and which does 
not bear the certification of a medical milk commission, incorporated pursuant 
to the provisions of this act or organized or incorporated in some other State 
for the purposes specified in section 1 hereof, and which is not produced in 
conformity with the methods and regulations for the production of certified milk 
from time to time adopted by the American Association of Medical Milk Com- 
missions, and which is below the standards of purity and quality for certified 
milk as fixed by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions; and 
any such person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
The State of Kentucky also defines certified milk in the following 
words : 
An act for preventing the manufacturing and sale of adulterated or mis- 
branded foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors and providing penalties for viola- 
tion thereof. 
Section 3, paragraph 3. If in the case of certified milk it be sold as or labeled 
" certified milk," and it has not been so certified under rules and regulations by 
any county medical society, or if, when so certified, it is not up to that degree 
of purity and quality necessary for infant feeding. 
California has also passed a law governing certified milk, and 
several other States contemplate such legislation. 
Michigan has seen fit to recognize the importance of this subject 
and has passed a law which varies somewhat from the other laws. 
The Michigan act provides that any board of health having two or 
more physicians among its membership is authorized to appoint five 
physicians as a medical milk commission to supervise the production 
of certified milk. In towns not having a board of health so consti- 
tuted the State board of health may make the appointment. 
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF MILK COMMISSIONS. 
Members of milk commissions rarely receive any pay for their 
work, their services being given gratis for the public good. Small 
expenses of the commission are usually met by the commission itself. 
Occasionally philanthropic subscriptions are received. In one city 
three men contributed $800 after an appeal by the commission. 
Postage, printing, and salaries of experts are usually paid by the 
producers. 
There is no uniformity regarding the charges for certification. 
Some commissions make absolutely no charge, while others charge 
the actual expenses of the various inspections and examinations to 
