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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doe. 



Filing of certified 

 statement. 



Penalty for omlB- 

 Blon of statement. 



Proviso. 



Powers and duties 

 of Secretary of 

 Agriculture and 

 his agentB. 



The taking and 

 labeling of sam- 

 ples. 



P.etentlon of sam- 

 ples. 



Section 4. Each and every manufacturer, importer, 

 agent or seller of any concentrated feeding stuff shall, 

 upon request, file in the ofBce of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture a certified copy of the statement named in sec- 

 tion one of this act. 



Section 5. Each and every manufacturer, importer, 

 agent or person selling, offering or exposing for sale 

 in this State any concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuff, as defined in section two of this act, without the 

 statement required by section one of this act; or affix- 

 ing a statement or guarantee which is false in any par- 

 ticular, or in relation to which the provisions of all 

 of the foregoing sections have not been fully complied 

 with, shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay the 

 sum of one hundred dollars, which shall be recoverable 

 with costs, including the expenseiSf of analysis, by any 

 person suing in the name of the Commonwealth, as 

 debts of like amount are by law recoverable: Pro- 

 vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to- 

 gether with his deputies, agents and assistants, be 

 charged with the enforcement of this act, and shall 

 have full access to all places of business, mills, build- 

 ings, carriages, cars, vessels and packages, of whatso- 

 ever kind, used in the manufacture, importation or sale 

 of any concentrated commercial feeding stuff; and 

 shall also have power and authority to open any pack- 

 age containing or supposed to contain any concen 

 trated commercial feeding stuff', and take therefrom 

 samples for anaysis, upon tendering the value of said 

 sample; and whenever requested, said samples shall 

 be taken in the presence of the party or parties inter- 

 ested or their representative, shall be thoroughly mixed 

 and then divided into two samples and put in glass 

 vessels and carefully sealed and a label placed upon 

 each vessel stating the name or brand of the feeding 

 stuff or material sampled, the name of the manufac- 

 turer when possible, the name of the party from whose 

 stock the sample was taken, and the time and the place 

 of taking, said labels to be signed by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture or his agent, and by the party or parties 

 interested or their representative, if present, at the 

 taking of the samples. One of said duplicate samples 

 shall be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture or 

 his agent, and the other by the party whose stock was 

 sampled. 



