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Sec. 5. Whenever any person or corporation having complied with 

 the provisions of section one of this act, or mutilates, destroys of pol- 

 lutes any butter crate or carriers, or the agent of any such person or 

 corporation, shall make oath before any justice of the peace or munici- 

 pal court, that he has reason to believe and does believe that any 

 person or corporation has wrongfully in possession or is secreting any 

 of his or its milk cans, jugs, bottles or jars, marked and described as 

 provided in section one of this act, said justice of the peace or municipal 

 court shall, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, 

 issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may also 

 cause to be brought before him the person or an agent or employee of 

 the corporation in whose possession such cans, jugs, bottles or jars 

 are found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such 

 possession; and if said justice of the peace or municipal court finds that 

 such person or corporation has been guilty of a wilful violation of sec- 

 tions two, three or four of this act he shall impose the penalty prescribed 

 in the section or sections so violated, and shall also award to the owner 

 possession of the property taken upon such search warrant. 



Approved November 11, 1902. 



No. 84.— AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF CONCEN- 

 TRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS 



Section 



Every lot of concentrated feeding- 

 stuff shall have printed statement 

 affixed thereto ; contents of state- 

 ment. 



Concentrated commercial feeding- 

 stuff defined. 



Term does not include certain arti- 

 cles. 



Analysis of feeding-stuffs ; pay- 

 ment for by state. 



Payment by state treasurer to direc- 

 tor 

 Penalty for selling without state- 

 ment. 



Director of experiment station may 

 enter premises where feeding- 

 stuff is sold and take sample. 



Section 



8. Penalty for obstructing director in 



discharge of his duties. 



9. Analysis of sample. 



10. Adulteration of grain ; penalty for. 



11. Manufacturer notified if feeding- 



stuff is found adulterated ; prose- 

 cution of seller. 



12. Prosecution of parties in case of 



second offense. 



13. Distinct brands. 



14. Not to effect stock on hand. 



15. Importer defined. 



16. No. 83 Acts of 1898 repealed 



17. Takes effect December 1. 1902. 



It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of any concentrated feeding stuff, as> 

 defined in section two of this act, used for feeding farm live stock, sold, 

 offered or exposed for sale in this state, shall have affixed thereunto, in 

 a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a legible and plainly printed 

 statement clearly and truly certifying the number and net pounds of 

 feeding stuff in a package, the name, brand or trade mark under which 



