HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 881

in this Act shall apply to individuals buying milk or cream
for private use, or to producers buying milk in emer-
gencies to make up their regular supply, or to persons
buying from dealers already holding a permit, or to ho-
tels, restaurants, boarding houses, railroad dining cars,
retail stores, or drug stores. The permit shall be issued
by the University of Maryland, College of Agriculture to
such creamery, shipping station, milk factory, cheese fac-
tory, ice cream factory, or milk condensary, or person
after filing of such information as may be required by the
University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and upon
the payment of the fees as follows: (a) for purchasing
or handling not exceeding an equivalent 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) pounds but not exceeding forty thousand
(40, 000) pounds of milk daily, an annual fee of $10; and
(c) 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 Act.
The permit shall be valid for a term of one calendar year
and may be revoked by the University of Maryland Col-
lege of Agriculture for any violation of provisions of this
Act. This permit issued hereunder shall be posted in plain
view in the station for which it was issued.

396. 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, col-
lect or use for testing purposes an unfair or inaccurate
sample, to under-read, over-read or erroneously manipu-
late 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 tempera-
ture of one hundred thirty-five degrees to one hundred
forty degrees Fahrenheit, or to use for such test any
glass-ware 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.