Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-06-22
Milkmen Must Register.

Milkmen Must Register.
All dealers In milk and cream viii
please note that Chapter IS of the Pub
lie Laws OF 1909, which goes into effecI
the first of July, requires them to regis
ter with the commissioner of agriculture
and obtain a certificate of registration
which shall be posted in conspicuou'
place in the store or depot from which
sale or supply is made, and the number
placed on the wagon or other vehicle
Application blanks for registration viii
be furnished by the commissioner upoI
request, and all persons to whom this
law applies should promptly send in
their names so that these blanks may bt
furnished and the applications received
as early as possible. The full text o.
the law will be sent to every person with
the certificate, and also to any one who
requests it.
Section 4, which relates particularly
to the registration, reads as follows
ANY person, firm, corporation, associa'
ton or society who shall sell or deliver
milk or cream to any person from q
wagon or other conveyance, depot OF
store, or who shall sell or deliver milk
to hotel, restaurant, boarding house OF
any public place, shall be considered a
milk dealer within the meaning of this
act, and shall on or before the first day
of April in each year register with the
commissioner Of agriculture, furnishing
such information as may be required,
upon blanks issued and furnished by
said commissioner of agriculture to
such persons as may request the same.
And every such registration shall ex.
pire April first, next after its issue and
shall be given only to the milk dealer
owning or leasing the vehicle or place
from which sales or supplies are to be
made, and shall not be transferred.
Upon receipt of the application for
registration, containing the information
required, the commissioner shall issue
to said applicant certificate of regis
tration, which certificate shall be posted
in a conspicuous place in the store or
depot from which sale or supply is
made, and the number of the certificates
of registration for each wagon or other
vehicle shall be placed in a conspicuous
place on said wagon or other vehicle.
Should any person, firm, corporation,
association or society desire to become a
milk dealer, as provided by this section,
before the first day of April in any year,
he or they shall, prior to engaging in
the business. register with the COM
missioner of agriculture in the same
manner as hereinbefore provided, for
each place or vehicle from which sale or
supply is to be made. Any dealer who
neglects or refuses to register with the
commissioner of agriculture, or to post
certificates of registration in the store or
depot from which sale or supply is
made, or to post the number of the GER
tificate of registration on the wagon or
other vehicle from which sale or supply
is made, as provided in this section, for
feits fifty dollars to be recovered in an
action of debt, to be prosecuted in the
name of the state by the county attorney
for the county in which such violation
of this statute has occurred, but the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to
milk or cream delivered to creamery
or butter or cheese factory.
All provisions of law now existing re-
auiring the licensing of milk dealers as
they are known under this section shall
be and hereby are repealed when this
act shall take effect"