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and all necessary apparatus for testing seeds and shall set apart 

 room for such work in the Department building. The Board shall 

 prescribe the method for determining the purity, viability and cul- 

 tural worth of seeds; said method shall be that recommended by the 

 Association of American Agricultural Experiment Stations and Col- 

 leges, with such modifications as the Board shall from time to time 

 adopt. 



Section 4. That the Board of Agriculture shall publish a minimum 

 of quality or cultural worth for each variety of field and garden seeds 

 commonly sold in this State. No sample of seeds falling below the 

 specified minimum shall be permitted to be sold for planting in the 

 State. The Board shall cause samples of field and garden seeds to 

 be collected in the markets of the State from time to time. Any 

 seeds offered for sale and falling below the prescribed minimum, or 

 which are untrue to name, shall be seized and destroyed without 

 recompense to the owner. The person, firm or corporation offering 

 such infra-minimum seeds shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as pre- 

 scribed in section 9 of this act. But nothing in this act shall be 

 construed to prevent the sale of any grade of seeds as grain or for 

 any purpose other than planting or propagation. 



Section 5. That no person, firm or corporation shall sell field or 

 garden seeds for planting in this State without a license from this 

 Board of Agriculture. The Board of Agriculture shall issue a li- 

 cense to deal in field and garden seeds to any applicant of good char- 

 acter having a permanent and localized domicile in this State, upon 

 application, complying with the rules and regulations of the board 

 governing the sale of seeds. No charge shall be made for such li- 

 cense. The period for continuance of license shall be determined by 

 the board. 



Section 6. Every person, firm or corporation licensed to deal in 

 field and garden in this State shall be entitled to have 25 samples of 

 seeds analyzed and certified by the expert of the Board of Agriculture 

 free of charge. Additional samples shall be charged for at cost of 

 doing the work. 



Section 7. Every honn ,/?(7/^ purchaser of seeds for planting, a resi- 

 dent of this State, shall be entitled to have as many samples of seeds 

 examined and certified by the expert of the Board of Agriculture as 

 he desires, free of charge, provided, such are intended for planting 

 by the person sending the samples or by his tenants, and the samples 

 are taken and described as required by the rules of the Board of 

 Agriculture. 



Section 8. That the board shall prescribe the form of guarantee of 

 labels and certificates to be attached to packages of seeds exposed 

 for sale in this State and may supply licensed dealers with official 

 labels at net cost of the same. 



