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ART. LVIII] DAIRIES. 431
Rule 5. Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy
purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles, made
of nonabsorbent materials for the reception, storage and delivery of
milk, and shall cause them at all times to be cleaned and purified, and
shall cause all milk to be removed without delay from the rooms in
which cows are kept.
Rule 6. Every person keeping cows for the production of milk for
sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every day, and to be prop-
erly fed and watered with an abundance of pure, clean water.
Rule 7. Any enclosure where cows are kept shall be graded and
drained, so as to keep the surface reasonably dry; no garbage, fecal
matter or similar matter shall be placed or allowed to remain in such
enclosure unless sufficient straw or similar good absorbent material be
used to keep the enclosure clean at all times, and no open drain shall be
allowed to run through it. Any person who shall ship or sell milk con-
trary to the aforesaid order of said Board, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than twenty dollars for each day during which shipments
shall be made after notice of such order.
See notes to this section in volume 2 of the Annotated Code.
1916, ch. 337.
22. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby empowered to appoint
and employ such assistants and agents, and to purchase such supplies
and materials as may be necessary; to conduct examinations into the
condition and care of the live stock of the State in its relation to the
milk supply of cities, towns and villages or elsewhere, as may seem
necessary; and to make rules and regulations which shall have the effect
of law for the protection of such milk supplies in its relation to public
health and for the promotion of the dairy industry. The State Board
of Agriculture may require the grading of all milk or the pasteuriza-
tion of any or all milk to be sold or offered for sale in cities, towns and
villages or elsewhere, and make rules and regulations having the effect
of law covering such grading or pasteurization.
On petition of twenty-five patrons of any dairy, creamery, or cooling
station, the State Board of Agriculture, shall, through its duly author-
ized agent, make an inspection of such dairy, creamery or cooling sta-
tion, including the testing and weighing of the milk or cream of each
patron.
The State Board of Agriculture shall make such regulations and
inspections of dairies, creameries and cooling stations as it may deem
necessary, for the protection of the public health and the promotion of
the dairy industry.
1916, ch. 337.
23. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale as certified milk or
milk products, any milk or milk products that have not been produced
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