1960 ARTICLE 43

1935, ch. 406, sec. 401.

503. No percentage of fat ascertained from a sample containing milk
or cream that has been so treated as to cause it to test lower or higher than
the test of the milk or cream from which it was taken shall be used as a
basis of payment for milk or cream purchased or sold.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 402.

504. No person, association, copartnership, or corporation purchasing
or selling milk or cream or both by weight or measure or butterfat test,
and no agent or servant, of any such person, association, copartnership, or
corporation shall use as a basis of payment for such purchase any weight or
measure or butterfat test other than the correct weight or measure or butter-
fat test of the milk or cream purchased or sold.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 403. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 53, sec. 443.

505. Every person, association, copartnership, corporation or agent or
servant purchasing or receiving milk or cream from the producer thereof
for manufacturing purposes or for reselling the same shall, at each time of
payment to such producer for such milk or cream, or where the producer
of such milk or cream is selling the same to such purchaser or receiver by
or through co-operative association or other agency and the payment thereof
is being made by such purchaser or receiver to such co-operative association
or other agency shall at the time such purchaser or receiver makes each
payment to such co-operative association or other agency, give each such
producer so delivering milk a statement showing the amount delivered daily
during the time for which payment is made and the average per centum
butterfat test of same, provided payment is made on the basis of butterfat
content, such statement to contain the name or number of the producer or
seller of such milk or cream, the date of delivery thereof, and the amount
so delivered; such statement to be given in the terms of the unit used as a
basis for determining the value thereof. Provided, however, that such
purchaser or receiver may in lieu of said monthly statement of weights give
daily to such producer or his agent at the time of delivery of such milk or
cream to such purchaser or receiver a written statement of the amount of
milk or cream so received or purchased.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 404. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 53, sec. 444.

506. The University of Maryland College of Agriculture or its agents
are hereby authorized to enter the premises and to examine the books, the
records, and testing apparatus of any person, association, copartnership, or
corporation, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sub-title.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 406.

507. The University of Maryland College of Agriculture or its agents
shall be charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this sub-title
and shall have authority to make such rules and regulations as are necessary
for the proper enforcement of the law.

1935, ch. 406, sec. 406.

508. For violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title proceedings
may be instituted against the owner or manager who is responsible for the