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Sec. 4353- A person selling or exposing for sale a commer- 

 cial fertilizer without the statement required by this chapter, or 

 containing a smaller percentage of any one or more of the ingre- 

 dients named than is specified on the label, or who fails to com- 

 ply with any of the preceding sections of this chapter, shall be 

 fined fifty dollars for the first offense and one hundred dollars for 

 each subsequent offense. This section shall not affect parties 

 manufacturing, importing or purchasing fertilizers for their own 

 use. 



Sec. 4354. Manufacturers and importers of commercial fer- 

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

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

 cultural experiment station with the names of the brands offered 

 for sale and their agents in this state, and on the first of each suc- 

 ceeding month until May, such additional agents as in the mean- 

 time 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 fertilizer, or any 

 material used for munurial 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 rep- 

 resentative, and shall be taken from a parcel or nnmber of pack- 

 ages 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 signed 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 part}' 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 man- 

 ufacturer or importer and prosecute the same to final judgment. 



Sec. 4357. Whenever any violations of this chapter are 

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

 ten 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. 



