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any agricultural seeds defined in section one of this act, without comply- 

 ing with the requirements of sections two and three of this act, or 

 whoever falsely marks or labels auy agricultural seeds under section 

 two of this act, or whoever shall prevent the State Board of Agriculture 

 or its duly authorized agents from inspecting said seeds and collecting 

 samples as provided in section six of this act or whoever shall otherwise 

 violate this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars: Provided, however, 

 That no prosecution for violation of this act shall be instituted except in 

 the following manner: When the State Board of Agriculture believes 

 or has reason to believe that any person has violated any of the pro- 

 visions of section two, three and eight of this act, it shall cause notice 

 of such fact, together with full specifications of the act or omission 

 constituting the violation, to be given to said person, who either in per- 

 son or by agent or attorney shall have the right, under such reasonable 

 rules and regulations as may be prescribed b3' said State Board of 

 Agrictilture, to appear before said Board and introduce evidence and 

 said hearing shall be private. If after said hearing or without such 

 hearing, in case said person fails or refuses to appear, said State Board 

 of Agriculture shall decide and decree that any or all of said specifica- 

 tions have been proven to its satisfaction, it may at its discretion so 

 certify to the proper prosecuting attorney and request him to prosecute 

 said person according to law for violation of this act, transmitting 

 with said certificate a copy of the specifications and such other evidence 

 as shall be deemed necessary and proper, whereupon said prosecuting 

 attorney shall prosecute said person according to law. 



Sec. 9. The results of the analyses and tests of seed made by the 

 State Board of Agriculture may, at its discretion, be published in its 

 reports. 



Sec. 10. The necessary expense incurred in carrying out the pro- 

 visions of this act shall be certified by .the Secretary of the State Board 

 of Agriculture to the auditor general, who shall thereupon issue his 

 warrant upon the State treasurer for the payment thereof, but the total 

 amount so paid in any one fiscal year shall not exceed two thousand 

 dollars. 



Sec. 11. The words ''persons," "vender" and "party in interest" and 

 "whoever," as used in this act, shall be construed to import both plural 

 and singular as the case demands, and shall include corporations, com- 

 panies, societies and associations. 



Sec. 12. Act number two hundred eighty-nine of the Public Acts 

 of nineteen hundred nine, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent 

 with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Of particular interest to seed dealers throughout the state are the 

 provisions of Sections 2, 3, (3 and 8. Whereas the present law^ provides 

 that packages under one pound in weight do not come within the pro- 

 vision of the law, the new law lowers this limit to eight ounces. The 

 most important provision, howe^^er, is that w^hich provides that all such 

 paskages, of eight ounces or more, offered for sale shall be 

 labeled. This does not mean that it is necessary that there shall be 

 formal printed labels although it is probable that wholesale dealers, 

 both outside and in the state, will furnish such to retail dealers to be 

 affixed to packages made up from the bulk seed sold by the wholesaler. 



