US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  37
                             FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL
                                  CHAPTER 25
                                     OILS
    37-2508.  CHEMIST AS WITNESS. In all prosecutions arising under this
chapter the certificate of any chemist from a qualified testing laboratory as
approved by the department of agriculture, when duly sworn to by such officer
shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or facts therein certified, or in
case it is necessary for such chemist to appear as a witness in court, the
judge of the district court wherein such trial shall be held, shall issue a
subpoena for his attendance at the trial and it shall be the duty of such
chemist to obey such subpoena, and all his actual and necessary expenses shall
be paid by the county wherein such trial is held in the same manner that
county officers are paid and, in case of conviction, shall be charged to the
defendant as part of the costs of prosecution.