Within thirty days after the passage of this Act the said Board shall adopt such measures as it may deem necessary to facilitate the enforcement hereof, and shall prepare rules and regulations with regard to the proper methods of collecting and examining drugs and articles of food. Said Board may expend annually an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act: provided, however, that not less than three-fifths of the said amount shall be annually expended for the enforcement of the laws against the adulteration of milk and milk products.
Samples to be furnished to officers or agents. 1882, 263, § 6.
6. Every person offering or exposing for sale, or delivering to a purchaser, any drug or article of food included in the provisions of this Act, shall furnish to any analyst or other officer or agent appointed hereunder, who shall apply to him for the purpose and shall tender him the value of the same, a sample sufficient for the purpose of the analysis of any such drug or article of food which is in his possession.
Obstruction and its penalty. 1882, 263, § 7.
7. Whoever hinders, obstructs, or in any way interferes with any inspector, analyst, or other officer appointed hereunder, in the performance of his duty, and whoever violates any of the provisions of this Act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offence, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each subsequent offence.
State Board to report prosecutions and money expended. 1883, 263, § 2. 1884, 289, § 2.
8. The State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity shall report annually to the Legislature the number of prosecutions made under said chapter, and an itemised account of all money expended in carrying out the provisions thereof.
Powers of inspectors. 1884, 289, § 3.
9. An inspector appointed under the provisions of said chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two shall have the same powers and authority conferred upon a city or town inspector by section two of chapter fifty-seven of the Public Statutes.
Act of 1882 does not affect chapter 57 of the Public Statutes. 1884, 289, § 4.