1956 ARTICLE 43

1935, ch. 282, sec. 420.

496. (Validity of Sub-title.) Should any section or part of a section of
this sub-title be held to be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be
considered as affecting the validity of any remaining section or part of
a section of this sub-title; it being the Legislative intent that the re-
mainder of this sub-title shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of
such section or part of a section.

Milk.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 395. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 53, sec. 435.

497. Every creamery, shipping station, milk factory, cheese factory,
or milk condensary, or person receiving, buying and paying for milk or
cream regardless of the method of settlement shall be required to hold a per-
mit for each and every place where milk or cream is received by weight
or measure. Provided, however, that nothing in this sub-title shall apply
to individuals buying milk or cream for private use or to persons buying
from dealers already holding a permit. The permit shall be issued by the
University of Maryland College of Agriculture to such creamery, shipping
station, milk factory, cheese factory, ice cream factory, or milk condensary,
or person after filing of such information as may be required by the Uni-
versity of Maryland College of Agriculture and upon the payment of the
fees as follows: (a) for purchasing or handling not exceeding an equiva-
lent of two thousand (2000) pounds of milk daily, an annual fee of $5;
(b) for purchasing or handling more than the equivalent of two thousand
(2000) but hot exceeding forty thousand (40,000) pounds of milk daily,
an annual fee of $10; and (e) for purchasing or handling the equivalent
of more than forty thousand (40>000) pounds of milk daily, an annual
fee of $25. All moneys so collected shall be used to meet the expenses of
the agency enforcing this sub-title. The permit shall be valid for a term
of one calendar year and may be revoked by the University of Maryland
College of Agriculture for any violation of provisions of this sub-title.
This permit issued hereunder shall be posted in plain view of the station
for which it was issued

1935, ch. 406, sec. 396.

498. It shall be unlawful for any person, association, copartnership,
or corporation, their agents or servants engaged in the business of buying
milk or cream on the basis of. or in any manner with reference to the
amount or percentage of butterfat contained therein, to take, collect or
use for testing purposes an unfair or inaccurate sample, to under-read,
over-read or erroneously manipulate the test, commonly known as the
"Babcock Test" used for. determining the percentage of such fat in said
milk or cream, or to falsify the record thereof, or to make the "Babcock",
reading except when the fat has a temperature of one hundred thirty-five
degrees to one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit, or to use for such test any
glassware not complying with the United States Bureau of Standards
specifications (May, 1923), or quantities other than nine (9) grams or
eighteen (18) grams in the case of cream. In all tests of cream, the
cream shall be weighed and not measured into the test bottle, and the
tests shall be read with the aid of an approved meniscus remover.