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weight, for analysis, from any lot, parcel, or package of concentrated 

 commercial feeding stall: as defined by section 3 of this act, or un- 

 mixed meals, brans, or middlings named in section 2 of this act, 

 which may be in the possession of'any manufacturer, importer, agent 

 or dealer, but said sample shall be taken, in the presence of such 

 party or parties in interest, or their representatives, and taken from 

 a number of parcels or packages which shall not be less than five 

 per cent, of the whole lot inspected, and shall be thoroughly mixed, 

 divided into two samples, placed in glass vessels, carefully sealed, 

 and a label placed on each stating the name or brand of the feeding 

 stuir or material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock 

 the sample w\^s taken, and the time and place of taking the same; 

 and said label shall be signed by said chemist, or his deputy, and 

 by the party or parties in interest, or their representatives, present 

 at the taking or sealing of said sample; one of said samples shall be 

 retained by said chemist, or his deputy, and the other by the party 

 whose stock was sampled. Said Board of Managers shall cause at 

 least one sample of each brand of feeding stuff collected, as herein 

 provided, to be analyzed annually by or under the direction of said 

 chemist. Said analysis shall include determinations of crude fat 

 and crude protein and such other determinations as may be at any 

 time deemed advisable. Said Board of Managers shall cause the 

 analyses so made to be published in Station bulletins, together with 

 such additional information in relation to the character, composition, 

 and use thereof as may seem to be of importance and issue the same 

 annually, or more frequently if deemed advisable. 



Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers of the 

 Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to prosecute 

 every person violating the provisions of this act, and for this purpose 

 said Board of Managers may employ experts, if necessary, and may 

 designate some one of their own number, or some person connected 

 with said College, to make complaints in its behalf, and, in making 

 complaints for violations thereof, such person so designated shall not 

 be required to enter into any recognizance or give surety for the 

 payment of costs. 



Section 8. The term importer, for all the purposes of this act, is 

 intended to apply to such person or persons as shall bring into and 

 offer for sale, within this State, concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuffs manufactured without the State. 



Section 9. The sum of thirteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof 

 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, annually, out of any 

 money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of 

 defraying the expenses of collection, analysis, distribution of bulle- 

 tins, correspondence, laboratory fittings, chemicals, and such other 

 expenses as are incident to and properly arise from the execution of 



