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ter, or containing a smaller percentage of any one or more of 

 the ingredients named than is specified on the label, or who 

 fails to comply with any of the preceding* sections of this 

 hcapter, shall be fined fifty dollar for the first offense and 

 one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. This sec- 

 tion shall not affect parties manufacturing, importing or pur- 

 chasing fertilizers for their own use. 



Sec. 4354. Manufacturers and importers of commercial 

 fertilizers or wholesale dealers in the same shall, not later than 

 the first day of February, annually, furnish the director of the 

 agricultural experiment station with the names of the brands 

 offered for sale and their agents in this state, and on the first 

 of each succeeding month until May, such additional agents 

 as in the meantime have been appointed. 



Sec. 4355. Said director shall cause one analysis or more 

 of each fertilizer or material used for manurial purposes, to 

 be made annually and the result published monthly. He may, 

 in person or by deputy, take a sample not exceeding two 

 pounds in weight for analysis from any lot or package of ferti- 

 lizer, or any material used for manurial purposes, which is in 

 the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer; 

 but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of the party 

 in interest, or his representative, and shall be taken from a 

 parcel or number of packages which shall not be less than five 

 of the whole lot inspected, and shall be thoroughly mixed 

 and then divided into two equal samples and placed in glass 

 vessels, carefully sealed, and a label placed on each stating 

 the name of the brand of the fertilizer or material sampled, 

 the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, 

 and the time and place of drawing. Said label shall be sign- 

 ed by the director or his deputy and by the party in interest, or 

 his representative present at the drawing and sealing of said 

 samples; one of said duplicate samples shall be retained by 

 the director and the other by the party whose stock was 

 sampled. 



Sec. 4356. The director of the agricultural experiment 

 station shall notify the state treasurer of all violations of this 

 chapter and the state treasurer shall commence a suit, in the 

 name of the state on the bond required to be filed by such 

 manufacturer or importer and prosecute the same to the final 

 judgment. 



Sec. 4357. Whenever any violations of this chapter are 

 brought to the attention of the state treasurer, he shall give 

 written notice thereof to the manufacturers and importers, 

 and they shall have not less than thirty days thereafter to 

 comply with the requirements of the law. 



Sec. 4358. If the fertilizer or fertilizing material is sub- 



