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Sect. 5. So much of the appropriation granted under this act 

 shall be paid by the State treasurer to the treasurer of said 

 experiment station as the director of said station may show by 

 his bills has been expended in performing the duties required by 

 this act, such payment to be made quarterly upon the order of the- 

 governor and council, who are hereby directed to draw the order 

 for such purpose. The director shall annually publish a state- 

 ment of the receipts and expenditures under this act. 



Sect. 6. Whoever shall sell, offer or expose for sale or for 

 distribution in this state any concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuff as defined in section three of this act, without complying 

 with the requirements of section one of this act, or any feeding 

 stuff which contains substantially a smaller percentage of con- 

 stituents than are certified to be contained, shall, upon conviction 

 in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than one 

 hundred dollars for the first offence, and not more than twa. 

 hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. 



Sect. 7. The director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment: 

 Station shall annually analyze, or cause to be analyzed, at least; 

 one sample of every concentrated commercial feeding stuff soldi 

 or offered for sale under the provisions of this act. Said director 

 is hereby authorized and directed in person or by deputy to take 

 a sample, not exceeding two pounds in weight, for said analysis,., 

 from any lot or package of concentrated commercial feeding stuff 

 which may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, 

 agent or dealer in this State; said sample should be placed in a. 

 suitable jar or bottle, tightly closed and a label placed thereon, 

 stating the name or brand of the feeding stuff or material 

 sampled, the name of the party from whose stock the sample was 

 drawn and the time and place of drawing, and said label shall 

 also be signed by the director or his deputy ; provided, however, 

 that when so requested said sample shall be taken in duplicate in 

 the presence of the party or parties in interest or their represent- 

 atives, in which case one of said duplicate samples shall be 

 retained by the director and the other by the party whose stock 

 was sampled. The sample or samples retained by the director 

 shall be for comparison with the certified statement named in sec- 

 tion one of this act. The result of the analysis of the sample or 

 samples so procured, together with such additional information 

 as circumstances advise, shall be published in reports or bulletins, 

 from time to time. 



