No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 28S 



Section 1). Every uiiliceiised persou, Ihiii or coiporation offering 

 for sale field or garden seeds for planting in this State; every per- 

 son, firm or corporation offering seeds fraudulently labeled or mis- 

 branded or below the minimum prescribed by the board for such 

 seeds; and every person, firm or corporation violating any of the 

 rules and regulations of the Board of Agriculture for governing 

 the sale of seeds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- 

 tion shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00 for each 

 offense. Such persons, firms or corporations shall also upon con- 

 viction forfeit the license they may have from the board and the 

 board may refuse to reissue such license. But nothing in this act 

 shall be construed to prevent any person without license from deal- 

 ing in seeds as grain for other use than planting, or from selling 

 seeds of his own growth to dealers. All fines recovered under this 

 act shall be paid into the treasury department of the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Section 10. That it shall be the dutv of everv solicitor to whom 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture shall report any violation of this 

 act, to cause the persons, firms or corporations violating to be prose- 

 cuted as provided in this act. 



Rules and Regulations for Governing the Sale of Field and Garden 

 Seeds for Planting in North Carolina. 



1. No person, firm or corporation shall advertise or offer for sale, 

 barter or gift in this State any variety of field or garden seed for 

 planting unless a license to deal in such seeds has been procured 

 from the State Commissioner of Agriculture. But any person may 

 without license sell or otherwise dispose of field or garden seeds 

 grown by himself or upon his own land to any dealer in seeds. 



2. Seeds intended for used other than planting may be sold by 

 any one without license or certification. 



3. A license to deal in field and garden seeds will be issued free 

 of charge by the Commissioner of Agriculture to any reputable per- 

 son having a permanent residence and place of business in this 

 State, provided the applicant agrees to guarantee his seeds according 

 to the method described in rules 11 and 14 following, 



4. Every sample and variety of field and garden seed offered for 

 sale in this State shall have attached a label of the form issued 

 by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Said label shall contain the 

 true botanical and common names of the seed and the per cent, of 

 viable seeds and of foreign seeds in the sample and the true and cul- 

 tural worth of the sample. The determination of genuineness, purity 

 and viability shall be according to the laboratory method adopted 

 by the State Board of Agriculture. See Rule 14. 



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