HEALTH 1957

1935, ch. 406, sec. 397. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 53, sec. 437.

499. No person, association, copartnership, or corporation purchasing
milk or cream and paying for the same on the basis of the percentage of
butterfat contained therein shall, if the percentage of butterfat is ascer-
tained by the said "Babcock Test," use any test glassware, weights, centri-
fuges, or balances except standard Babcock Test glassware, weights, cen-
trifuges and balances which have been previously inspected, tested and
approved by the University of Maryland College of Agriculture or its
agents. If the proportion of butterfat is determined by any approved
volumetric method other than the "Babcock Test" no utensil or instrument
shall be used in such determination until the same has been inspected,
tested and approved by the University of Maryland College of Agriculture
or its agents. The said University of Maryland College of Agriculture shall
have the right to make a reasonable charge not to exceed five cents per item
for inspecting, testing and approving such glassware and weights.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 398.

500. Every person, association, copartnership, corporation, or agent
or servant thereof engaged in the business of receiving or buying milk or
cream on the basis of or in any way with reference to the amount of
butterfat contained therein, or tests made for official inspection or public
records as determined by the "Babcock Test" shall have the test or tests
made only by a licensed tester who shall be responsible for the same and
who shall, immediately after such tests are completed, prepare a list
containing the names or numbers of the producers whose milk or cream
was so tested and place opposite each such producer's name or number
the percentage of butterfat found to have been contained in the sample
of milk or cream representing the milk or cream delivered by each such
producer. Such lists so prepared shall be made with indelible pencil or
ink and shall be filed in the plant or place where such milk or cream is
bought or received, and each such list shall be duly signed by the person
making such tests and preparing such lists, and such person shall place
beneath his signature the number of the state license under which he is
testing. All such lists shall be kept as a record for at least one year
and shall be open to examination at all times by the University of Mary-
land College of Agriculture or its agents. At any time, upon request of
any producer, the purchaser or receiver of such milk or cream shall permit
such producer to examine such part of said record as contains information
concerning the samples of milk or cream representing the milk or cream
delivered by such producer. For the purpose of this sub-title a licensed
tester is any person who, having furnished satisfactory evidence of good
character and having passed a satisfactory examination in milk and cream
testing conducted by the University of Maryland College of Agriculture
shall have received a license from the said University of Maryland Col-
lege of Agriculture. Each applicant for examination for such license
shall pay a fee of one dollar and a half ($1.50) to the University of
Maryland College of Agriculture or its agents. The University of Mary-
land College of Agriculture upon receipt of the payment of a fee of three
dollars ($3.00), shall issue a license to said applicant good for one calendar
year. This license shall be renewed annually without further examina-
tion at the discretion of the University of Maryland College of Agriculture
upon the payment of a fee of three dollars. All moneys so collected shall