AN ACT TO PREVENT AND PUNISH THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR 

 SALE OF ADULTERATED. IMPURE OR MISBRANDED AGRICULTU- 

 RAL AND VEGETABLE SEED AND THOSE LACKING VIABILITY. 



The General A.sf<cmhlij of North fdraliiHi do enact: 



SiccTioN 1. That tlio tenu "a.m-uullui-al scod," as usc'd in this act, siuill 

 iiu-lude tho seeds of red clover, white clover, alsike clover, alfalfa, Kentucky 

 blue-grass, liniotliy. l)ronu' irrass. orchard ,Lz;rass. red-top. meadow fescue, oat 

 grass, rye grass, and other glasses and fnragi' jilants. liax. r.-ipe. and cereals 

 and any seed sold for planting. "Vegetahle see<l" shall inchidc any seed sold 

 to be used in growing vegetables of any kind. 



Sec. 2. Every parcel, package or lot of agricultural seeds, as delined in sec- 

 tion one, containing one jionnd or nioi-e. offered or exposi'tl for sale in this 

 State for use within the State shall have .athxed thereto, in a conspicuous 

 place on the outside thereof, distinctly i>rintc<i in the English language, iu 

 legible type, a statement certifying : 



First, the name of the seed. 



Second, full name and address of seedsman, importer, dealer or agent. 



Third, a statement of the purity of tlie seed contained, specifying the kind 

 and percentage of the impurities, as detined in sections six and seven of this 

 act, if the said seeds are below the prescribed standards. 



Fourth, locality where said seed was grown, when known. 



Sec. 3. The Commissioner of Agriculture, in person or by deputy or inspector, 

 is hereby authorizetl to take from any lot or package of seeds over one pound 

 in weight a sample not exceeding four ounces in weight, said sample to be 

 drawn or taken iu the jiresence of the party or parties in interest, or their 

 representatives, and it shall be taken from a parcel or lot of parcels which 

 shall not he less than live per cent of the whole lot inspecte<l, or said s.-imiile 

 may be taken in the presence of two disinterested witnesses. Sai<l sample 

 so taken shall be forwarded to the Department of Agriculture for analysis 

 and comi>arison. with the certified statements required by section two of this 

 act. A duplicate of said sample shall, upon request, be furnished to the person 

 offering or exposing said seeds for sale. 



Sec. 4. Upon receipt of a fee of fifty cents the Department of Agriculture 

 shall furnish the person with whom the duplicate sample was left a report 

 of the examination of said seeds. 



Sec 5. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or distribution in this 

 State, for the jnirpose of seeding, any of the agricultural seeds as detined in 

 section one of this act. unless said seeds are free from seed or bulbs of wild 

 onions, commonly known .is wild onions, wild garlic, field garlic, crow garlic, 

 wild leek, or genus alliinn, species riiicalc and ranaden.^e, or the following 

 weeds: wild nuistard or charlock (Brcissica arvensis (L.) Klz.), quack grass 

 (Afrropijronrcpcns (L.) Bcauv,), Canada thistle (Cnrdiiiis arvensis (L.) Robs. J, 

 wild oats (Arena fatua L.), clover and alfalfa dodder (Ciiscuta Epithijnium 

 Murr.), corn cockle (Af/rostcmnia Githago LJ, cheat or chess (Bromus seca- 

 linus L.). dog fennel (Eiiinitoi-iinn faiiillifolimn (Lam.) finiall.j. wild carrot 

 (DancHs Carotu L.). 



Sec. 0. The seeds of the following weeds shall be considere<l as impurities 

 in agricultural seeds sold, offered or exposed for sale within this State for the 

 purpose of seeding: cheat or chess (Bromus secalinus LJ, white cockle (Lych- 

 nis aWa Mill.), night flowering catchfly (Silence noctifiora Tj.), curled dock 

 (Rirmc.r crisjnis L.J. smooth dock (Uiiniex aUissimus M'ood), sheep sorrel 

 (Rumcx acetoscJla L.). yellow trefoil (Mcdicavo Inpulina L.). sweet clover 

 (MeUlofus alha Desr.) and (^f. officinalis L.), black mustard (Brassica nigra 

 (L.) Koch.), idantain. bucklKirn (Plantago lanccolata Lj.), bracted plantain 

 (Plantai/o ari.'^fata Midi.r.). bind weed (('onrolriilus scpinni Lj.). smooth crab- 

 grass (Digitaria liumifusa I'crs.), common chickweed (t^tellaria media (L.) 

 Cyrill.). When such impurities or any of them are present iu quantity ex- 

 ceeding in their combined weight a total of two per cent of the weight of said 



