AGRICULTURAL LAWS OF 1913. 687 



Paris greens, lead arsenates and fungicides: 



First, If it be an imitation or offered for sale under the name of 

 anotlier article; 



Second, If it is labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the 

 purchaser, or if the contents of the packages as originally put up shall 

 be removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been 

 placed in such packages; 



Third. If in package form, and the contents are stilted in terms of 

 weight and measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the 

 outside of the package; in this connection it is held to be permissible 

 to state the average net weight of the package. 



In the case of insecticides (olher than Paris green and lead arsenates) 

 and fungicides: 



First. If it contains Jirsenic in any of its combinations or in the 

 elemental form and the total amount of arsenic present (expressed as 

 per centum or metallic arsenic) is not stated on the label; 



Second, If it contains arsenic in any of its combinations or in the 

 elemental form and the amount of arsenic in water-soluble forms (ex- 

 pressed as percentum or metallic arsenic) is not stated on tlie label; 



Third. If it does not state plainly upon the label the correct names 

 and percentage amounts of each and every ingredient of the insecticide 

 or fungicide having insecticidal or fungicidal properties and the total 

 percentage of inert ingredients present. 



Sec. 8. No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this 

 act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, 

 manufacturer, or other party residing in the State of Michigan from 

 whom he purchased such articles, to the effect that the same is not 

 adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this act, designating 

 it. Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and 

 address of the party or parties making the sale of such articles to such 

 dealer, and in such case, said party or parties shall be amenable to 

 the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties which would attach in due 

 course to the dealer under this act. 



Sec. 9. The word ''person" as used in this act, shall be construed 

 to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and 

 shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. When 

 construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission, 

 or failure of any oflQcer. agent or other person acting for or employed 

 by any corporation, company, society' or association, within the scope 

 of his employment or office shall in every case be also deemed to be the 

 act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or asso- 

 ciation as well as that of the other person. 



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

 visions of this act, shall be paid by warrant of the auditor general 

 dra^\Ti upon the state treasurer. Such expenses shall be certified to 

 the auditor general by the State Board of Agriculture, but the total 

 amount to be paid in any one fiscal year shall not exceed five hundred 

 dollars. 



Sec. 11. Act number ninety-one and act number one hundred sixty- 

 three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, and all acts or parts 

 of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 



