The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-28
Chapter 169.
AN ACT for the Protection of Dairyme,

AN ACT for the Protection of Dairymen.
SECT. l. All bottles, pipetts or other measur-
ing glasses used by any person, firm or corpora
ton, or their agents or employees, at any cream
cry, butter factory, cheese factory or condensed
milk factory, or elsewhere in this state, in deter
| mining by the Babcock test or by any other
test, the value of milk cream received from DIFF
| ferent persons or parties at such creameries or
factories shall before such be tested for accu
racy OF measurement and for accuracy of the per
cent scale marked thereon. Such bottles, pipetts
or measuring glasses shall bear in marks or char
acers inetfaceble the evidence that such test has
| been made by the authority named in section two
OF this act And no inaccurate bottles, pipetts or
other glasses shall bear such marks or characters
| SECT. q. 1t is hereby made the duty of the di-
rector of the state college experiment station, or
| other competent person designated by him, to
test the accuracy of all bottles, pipetts or other
measuring glasses used by persons, firms OF cor
porations i'll this state buying pooling milk or
cream, or apportioning butter or cheese made
from the same, by the contents of butter fat CON
| tanned therein. The director of the experiment
mark such bottles, pipetts or other measuring
glasses as are found correct, in marks charac-
tiers which cannot be erased, and which marks or
characters shall stand proof that they have been
so tested The director of the experiment station
shall receive for such service the actual cost in
| CURED, and no more, the same to be paid by the
persons or corporations for whom it is done.
SECT. 3. Any person, either for himself or in
the employ of any other person, firm or corpora
| ton, vino manipulates the Babcock test or any
| other test, whether mechanical or chemical for
fat in milk or cream for a basis of apportioning
the value of such milk or cream, or the butter or
cheese made from the same, shall secure certif-
cate from the superintendent of the dairy school
at the state college of agriculture and mechanic
arts that he or she is competent and we'll qualified
| to perform such work. The rules and regulations
in the application for such certificate and in the
granting of the same shall be such as the superin-
| tendent of that school may arrange, and the Zee
for issuing certificate shall in no case exceed
one dollar, the same to be paid by the applicant
SECT. 4. Whoever uses, or has in his possession
with intent to use, at any creamery, butter fac
tory, cheese factory or condensed milk factory
any sulphuric acid of less than one and eighty
two hundredths of specific gravity in the process
known as the Babcock test, or any other test for
determining the butter fat contents of milk or
cream, shall on conviction pay fine not exceed
ing twenty-five dollars for the first offense and
for second offenSe sum not exceeding fifty dol
| lars. Any person, firm or corporation violating
the provisions of section one of this act shall on
conviction pay a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars for the first offense and for a
second otfense sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars; and any person violating
| section three of this act shall on conviction
pay fine not exceeding ten dollars And it
| shall be the duty of every inspector of milk
sheriff, deputy sheriff and constable to insti-
tute complaint against any person or persons
| violating the within named provisions of this
act, and on conviction one-half of the fines
shall go to complainant and the balance to the
| to the state.
SECT. 8. This act shall take effect in six
months from the date of its approval.
approved March 81.