The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-30

Sutn expenses ihtlC Sltll nc appropriated
sum not exceeding i've hundred dollars.
to be allowed upon the approval of the
governor and council upon the presentd-
tlon of proper itemi2ed vouchers.
Section >. He and his agents and assist
ants shall have access to all places OF
business, factories, buildings, carriages
and ears used in the manufacture, trans
portation or sale OF dairy products or imi-
tations thereof and to all vessels and
cans used In the manufacture AMI sale OF
dairy products and their limitations.
Whoever hinders, obstructs. or in any
way interleres with the commissioner of
agriculture, his agents, milk inspector
or other authorized officer In the perform
ance of his duty shall be punished by a
fine Of one hundred dollars for the first
oaense and OF two hundred dollars for
each subsequent offcnse.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
tApproved March : 1851
Chapter 40.
An Act to regulate the sale OF MIX and
Cream.
Section l. Section three of chapter one
hundred and twentv-nine OF the revised
statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the whole of said section and insert
Ing in place thereof the following:
Section 5 Whoever sells or offers FOR
sale, milk or cream from cows known to
he diseased. or from cows sick, or fed IN
on any substance deetcrious to its quail
itv. or kept in a flthy or unsanitary con
dtion or milk to which water or any for
eign substance has heen added, or sells or
offers for sale as pure milk. any milk
from which the cream has been taken,
or milk in or from cans or other utensils
that are not kept in a clean or sanitary
condition, shall for n first offcnse be pun
iShed by q fine not exceeding nifty dollars.
and for n second offcnse by fine not eX
ceeding one hundred dollars. When milk
shall. by analysis, be found to contain
over eighty eight per cent OF water or less
than nine per cent of solids exclusive OF
fat. ii shall he deemed prima facie cyl
dence that said milk has been watored,
and when milk, by analysis. shall be found
TO contain less than twelve per cent or
solids and less than three per cent Of fat,
II shall be deemed prima faeie milk from
which cream has been taken, and any
milk which by analysis shall be found TO
contain any foreign substance, shah be
deemed milk to which foreign substance
has been added.
Improved March I 1861
Chapter al,
An Act providing penalties for nom
feasance of duty by Sheriifs, Deputy
Sherfts and County Attorneys.
Section siXty-nine of chapter twenty
nine OF the revised statutes is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
witnesses" in the ninth line, the words:
Any sheriff. deputy sheriff, or county at
torney, who shall wilfully or corruptly re-
fuse or neglect to perform any of the du-
ties required by this section, shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or by Imprisonment not exceeding
one year SO that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 69 Sheritfs and their deputies
and county attorneys shall diligently and
faithfully inquire into all violations of
law, within their respective counties, and
institute proceedings in case of violations
or supposed violations of law, and par
ticularly the law against illegal sale OF
Intoxicating liquors, and the keeping of
drinking hODGcS and tiDDlinR SHOPS,
gambling houses or places, and houses Of
ill-fame either by promptly entering
complaint before a magistrate and exc
cutting the warrants issued thereon, or by
furnishing the county attorney promptly
and without delay with the names of al
legged offenders, and of the witnesses.
ANY sheriff deputy sheriff or county at
torncy, who shall wilfully or corruptly
refuse or neglect to perform any of the
duties required by this section shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one thou
sand dollars or by Imprisonment not eN-
ceeding one year. For services under this
section, shcriffs, and their deputies acting
under their directions, shall receive the
same per diem compensation, as Tor at
tendance on the supreme judicial court.
the same fees for travel as for the ser
vice of warrants in criminal cases, to-
gether with such necessary lncldental eX-
penses as are just and proper; bills Tor
which shall be audited by the county
commissioners, and paid from the county
treasury. Eut said commissioners shall
not allow any per diem compensation 10
said sheriffs or their deputies for any day
for which said sheriffs or their deputies
are entitled to fees or compensation for
attendance at or service in any court.
The provisions of this section as to com
pensation of sherffs and their deputies,
and the provisions OF section i've OF chap
ter one hundred and seventeen shall not
~ and his deputies acting under the pro
visions OF this section
Improved March 8, 1861