682 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SOW or cause to be sown in this State any agricultural seeds defined in 

 section one of this act, containing a greater amount or proportion 

 than one seed of any or all of said noxious weeds to two thousand seeds 

 uf the variety of agricultural seed sown, offered or exposed for sale. 



Sec. 4. The percentage of purity of agricultural seeds required 

 under section two of this act shall be based upon a test or analysis con- 

 ducted either by the State Board of Agriculture or its employes, or by 

 the vender of the agricultural seeds or his agents: Provided. That such 

 test or analysis made by the vender or his agents, shall conform to the 

 reasonable regulations which said board is hereby authorized and di- 

 rected to prescribe or shall confonn to the reasonable regulations or 

 methods of testing adopted or used by the Association of Official Seed 

 Analysts or the United States Department of Agriculture. 



Sec. 5. Whoever buys or sells or sows agricultural seeds, defined 

 in section one of this act for use in this State, for seeding purposes, 

 may submit his samples of such seeds to tlie State Board of Agriculture 

 for examination and test of purity, and said Board of Agriculture shall 

 cause such examination to be made as promptly as possible and re- 

 ported to the sender. For tests of purity, said Board shall charge a 

 fee of twenty-five cents for the examination of each sample, which fee 

 shall be payable in advance. All moneys received as such fees shall be 

 paid to the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sec. G. The enforcement of this act shall be entrusted to the State 

 Board of Agriculture, which is hereby authorized to appoint such in- 

 spectors, assistants and deputies as may be necessary to enforce this 

 act and is authorized in person or by its inspectors or assistants to 

 take for analysis, paying the reasonable purchase price, a sample not 

 exceeding four ounces in weight from any lot of agricultural seeds 

 offered or exposed for sale : Provided, That said sample shall be drawn 

 or taken in the presence of the vender or parties in interest, or his or 

 their agents or representatives, and shall be taken from a parcel, lot 

 or number of parcels, which shall not be less than ten per cent of the 

 whole lot inspected, and shall be thoroughly mixed and then divided 

 into two sam})les and placed in containers, carefully sealed, and a label 

 placed on each container stating the name of the agricultural seed 

 sampled, the name of the vender and the date and place of taking such 

 samples, and said labels shall be signed by said State Board of Agricul- 

 ture or its agents; or said samples may be taken in the presence of 

 two disinterested witnesses if the vender or party in interest fails or 

 refuses to be present when notified. One of said duplicate samples 

 shall be left with or on the premises of the vender or party in interest 

 and the other retained by the State Board of Agriculture for analysis 

 and comparison with the label required by section two of this act. 



Sec. 7. The provisions of this act shall not apply to: 



First — Any person selling agricultural seeds direct to seed merchants 

 or shipping to a general market to be cleaned or graded before being 

 offered or exposeil lor sale for seeding ])uri)()Ses; 



Second — Agricultural seed which is held in storage for the ]»urpose 

 of being cleaned ; 



Third — Agricultural seed marked 'Mint rloaned" and lifld ar sold for 

 shipment outside the State only. 



Sec. 8. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale within this State 



