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feeding stuffs, he or they shall, for each and every brand of concen- 

 trated commercial feeding stuff, file annually prior to January first 

 of the calendar year in which such commodity is to be sold, offered 

 or exposed for sale with the commissioner of agriculture a certified 

 copy of the statement, with the exception of the net weight of the 

 contents of the package, specified in section one hundred and sixty- 

 one, said certified copy to be accompanied, when the said commis- 

 sioner shall so request, by a sealed glass jar or bottle containing at 

 least one pound of the feeding stuff to be sold or offered for sale, and 

 the company or person furnishing said sample shall thereupon make 

 affidavit that said sample corresponds to the feeding stuff which it 

 represents, in the per centum of crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, 

 name of each ingredient contained therein, if a compounded feed, and 

 the name of any artificial coloring material used. (As amended by 

 chapter 317 of the Laws of 1909 and by chapter 314 of the Laws of 1911.) 

 § 163. License fee. — Every manufacturer, importer, agent or 

 seller of any concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, shall pay annu- 

 ally prior to January first of the calendar year in which such com- 

 modity is to be sold, offered or exposed for sale to the treasurer of 

 the state of New York a license fee of twenty-five dollars for each and 

 every brand to be sold or offered or exposed for sale. Whenever a 

 manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any concentrated commer- 

 cial feeding stuffs desires at any time to sell such material and has not 

 complied with the requirements of the statute he shall before selling, 

 offering or exposing the same for sale, comply with the requirements 

 as herein provided. Said treasurer shall in each case at once certify 



to the commissioner of agriculture the pay- 

 Certificate of ment of such license fee. Each manufac- 

 commissioner. turer, importer or person who has complied 



with the provisions of this article shall be 

 entitled to receive a certificate from the commissioner of agriculture 

 setting forth said facts. Such certificate shall expire on the thirty- 

 first day of December of the calendar year in which it was issued, but 

 no such certificate shall be issued for the sale of a brand of concen- 

 trated commercial feeding stuff under a brand or trade name which 

 is misleading or deceptive or which tends to mislead or deceive as to 

 the constituents or materials of which it is composed. Any such 



certificate so issued may be cancelled by 

 Cancellation of. the commissioner of agriculture when it 



is shown that any statement upon which it 

 was issued is false or misleading. Whenever the manufacturer, im- 

 porter or shipper of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs shall have 

 filed the statement required by section one hundred and sixty-one of 

 this article and paid the license fee as prescribed in this section, no 

 agent or seller of such manufacturer, importer or shipper shall be 

 required to file such statement or pay such fee. (As amended by 

 chapter 317 of the Laws of 1909.) 



