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Section 7. The commissioner of agriculture shall make- uni- 

 form rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of 

 this act. 



Section 8. The commissioner of agriculture, in person or jv 

 deputy, shall have free access, ingress and egress at all reason- 

 able hours to any place or any building wherein apples are 

 packed, stored, transported, sold, offered or exposed for sale, 

 or for transportation. He shall also have power, in person or 

 by deputy, to open any box, barrel or other container, and may, 

 upon tendering the market price, take samples therefrom. 



Section 9. When the said commissioner of agriculture be- 

 comes cognizant of the violation of any of the provisions of 

 this act he shall cause notice of such fact, together with a copy 

 of the findings, to be given to the person concerned. The 

 person so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard un- 

 der such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said 

 commissioner of agriculture. Notices shall specify the date, 

 hour and place of the hearing, said hearing to be held in the 

 county where said inspection is made. 



Section 10. Any person who adulterates or misbrands apples 

 within the meaning of this act, or any person who packs, sells, 

 distributes, transports, offers or exposes for sale, distribution 

 or transportation, apples in violation of any of the provisions 

 of this act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hun- 

 dred dollars for the first offence, and by a fine not exceeding 

 two hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. 



Section 11. No person shall be prosecuted under the pro- 

 visions of this act when he can establish a guaranty signed by 

 the person from whom he received such articles, to the effect 

 that the same is not adulterated or misbranded, within the 

 meaning of this act, designating it. Said guaranty, to afford pro- 

 tection, shall contain the name and address of the party or par- 

 ties making the sale of such articles to said dealer, and in such 

 case said party or parties shall be amenable to the prosecutions, 

 fines and other penalties which would attach, in due course, to 

 the dealer under provisions of this act. 



Section 12. The word "person" as used in this act shall be 

 construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case 

 demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies 

 and associations. When construing and enforcing the provi- 



