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any compound of maple sugar mixed with other substances 

 offered or exposed for sale shall be branded or labeled with a 

 statement giving the ingredients of which it is made up. 



This article also provides for fanners' associations and defines 

 their powers. Jt, in brief, provides that an} r association of 

 farmers residing' in any neighborhood, town or county in this 

 state acting under by-laws or a constitution adopted by them- 

 selves, which shall be filed in the clerk's office of such town or 

 county and which is not inconsistent with the laws of the state, 

 is authorized to lease and maintain grounds and structures for 

 the exhibition and sale of the products of their farms, and for the 

 instruction and recreation of its members and visitors, and such 

 association shall have authority to let, for rent, locations on their 

 leased grounds to shopmen and persons wishing to furnish suit- 

 able refreshments for members and visitors and for other pur- 

 poses not inconsistent with the laws of the state. 



This article also provides that the comity judge may appoint 

 policemen or constables to act at the meetings of such association 

 of farmers, they to be appointed upon the nomination of the pre- 

 siding officer, or the executive committee of such association, 

 for the purpose of preserving the peace. Finally, this article pro- 

 vides for the registration of rural residences. See section 818 of 

 this article. 



Article 15, the final article of the statute, contains a schedule 

 of the laws repealed. It repeals ISO chapters of the statute, be- 

 ginning with chapter <>!S of the Laws of 178"), and ending with 

 chapter 518 of the Laws of 1908. 



VIOLATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL LAW REFERRED TO THE 



ATTORNEY-GENERAL 



In enforcing the different provisions of the Agriculture Law 

 during the fiscal year, a great number of inspections have been 

 made, a large number of samples have been taken for analysis 

 and there have been referred to the Attornev-General, for his con- 

 sideratioii and such action <is the facts may warrant, 1,241 cases 

 which were believed to be a violation in some form or another 



