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tioners" and similar preparations defined in section one a registration fee of 

 twenty dollars ($20) for each separate brand shall be paid by the manufacturers 

 or sellers of same to the Commissioner of Agriculture during the month of July, 

 one thousand nine hundred and nine, and during the month of January in each 

 succeeding year, said fees to be used by the Commissioner of Agriculture for exe- 

 cuting the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 3. Any person, company, corporation or agent that shall offer for sale or 

 expose for sale any package or sample or any quantity of any condimental, pat- 

 ented, proprietary or trade-marked "stock or poultry tonic," "stock or poultry 

 regulator," "stock or poultry conditioner," or any similar preparation, regardless 

 of the title under which it is sold, which has not been registered as required by 

 section one of this act, or which may have been registered, but subsequently found 

 by an analysis or examination made by or under the direction of the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture to violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed 

 ^ilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of 

 fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense and in the sum of one hundred dollars 

 ($100) for each subsequent offense. 



Sec. 4. Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture becomes cognizant of any 

 violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall immediately notify, in 

 writing, the manufacturer, importer, jobber or dealer, if same be known. Any 

 party so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard, under such rules and 

 regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner and the Board of Agricul- 

 ture; and if it appears that any of the provisions of this act have been violated 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture shall certify the facts to the solicitor in the 

 district in which said sample was obtained, and furnish that officer with a copy 

 of the result of the analysis or other examinations of the said article, duly 

 authenticated by the analyst or other officer making such examination under the 

 oath of such officer. In all prosecutions arising under this act the certificate of 

 the analyst or other officer making the analysis or examination, when duly sworn 

 to by such officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or facts therein 

 certified. 



Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of every solicitor to whom the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture shall report any violation of this act to cause proceedings to be 

 commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and penalties in such cases 

 prescribed. 



Sec. 6. This act does not repeal any part of any concentrated commercial 

 feeding-stuff law which may be in«effect in this State, but is designed to fully 

 cover all preparations commonly known as condimental, patented, proprietary or 

 trade-marked "stock or poultry tonics," "stock or poultry regulators," "stock or 

 poultry conditioners," and all similar preparations used for "tonic," "regulative" 

 or "condition" purposes, and to protect the public from deception and fraud in 

 the sale of these specific products. 



Sec. 7. This act shall be in force on and after July first, one thousand nine 

 hundred and nine. 



Ratified this the 3d day of March, A. D. 1909. 



Requirements of the Law. 



The law requires that all of these preparations claiming to have 

 tonic, remedial or medicinal properties shall be registered annually 

 with the Commissioner of Agriculture, the registration to be accom- 

 panied by a guarantee that the preparation is not injurious to the 

 health of domestic animals. 



The law requires that the manufacturer or person offering these 

 preparations for sale shall pay annually a registration fee of twenty 

 dollars ($20) for each brand offered for sale in the State. 



When the examination of any brand of tonic or conditioner shows 

 that it is in violation of the law the manufacturer or dealer shall be 



