78 The Bulletin. 



Sec. 15. Any citizen of the State may send to the Department of Agriculture 

 samples of seeds Ihey have imivhased or may wish to liave examined with a 

 view of purchasiiii,'. for examiiialion and analysis. The Department of Agri- 

 culture shall have examination and analysis made accordint; to tlie provisions 

 of this act and send coi^y of such analysis to the party sending the seed. 



Skc. l(i. Persons or firms desiring to S(>11 or offer for sale seeds in tliis State 

 shall have like jirivileges as to Iheir gnods npnn jiayment of a fee of fifty cents 

 for each sample. 



Skc. 17. For the purpose of i)roviding a fund to defray the exijenses of the 

 examination and analysis prescrihed in this act, each person, firm or corpora- 

 tion selling or offeilng for sale in or for export from this State any seed as 

 mentioned in this act shall register with the Dejiartment of .Vgriculture the 

 name of the jierson. lirm. or corporation offering the seed for sale, and shall 

 pay a license tax aninially of twenty-five dollars, the same to he paid in .Inly, 

 one thoiisand nine hundred and nine, and .January, one thousand nine hundred 

 and ten, and annnall.v thereafter. The comnnssioner's receipt for such money 

 shall he license to conduct the husiness, and the agents or sellers of said ])er- 

 son, firm or corporation paying such tax shall not he required to pay any 

 further tax under this act. 



Sec. is. The Tonnnissioner of Agriculture shall pay all money received from 

 such license, together with all fees as prescribed in section sixteen of this act, 

 into the Treasury of the State, to he credited to the funds of the Deiiartment 

 of Agriculture, and it shall he drawn out upon warrant of the commissioner, 

 as required l)y law for other funds. 



Sec. ]0. Any ]ierson, firm, or corjioration selling or attemjiting to sell in 

 this State without procuring the prescrihed license, or any person, firm, or cor- 

 iwration violating any other provision of tliis act shall lie guilty of a misde- 

 meaiior. and upon conviction shall lie fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of 

 the court. 



Sec. 20. This law shall he in force from and after July fu-sl. one lluius.-ind 

 nine hundred and nine. 



Ratified this the 0th day of March. A. D. in09. 



PURE SEED REGULATIONS. 



The Board of Agricullnrc has adopted llie following I'cgnlations hy authority 

 of this law : 



regulations. 



1. The ('(inunission<'r shall iircjiare licenses as n-quired liy the ad. and have 

 samples collected for analysis and insiicction. 



2. The agents or sellers of an.v imm'sou. firm, or coriioration ]iaying such tax 

 shall not he required to pay any further tax under this act. 



o. Sec. 14. "If it shall ho stated on the package that the guarantee is as to 

 kind, hut not as to variety, it will not he a violation. I'.ut heets cannot be 

 laheled 'Turnips,' nor watermehms Tanfaloupes.' There ai'c too many differ- 

 ent standards as to particular types of veget.aliles to have a uniform rule," 



4. No prosecution for failure to comply with standard of viability, as stated 

 in section 11. will he asked, iirovided the package in which the seed are con- 

 taine(l is mark<'d to show this: hut it nmst h.nve a reasonable jier cent of 

 germinatin,g power. 



5, ^Mixtures of jiaslure and m-adow lia,\- grass are included in the iirovisions 

 of subsection 0. section Id. 



The Conunissioner and chairman of conuiutlee on pure seeds shall have 

 authority to suspend any regulation when in their .judgment this is necessary. 



W, A. Gr.\ii.\m, 

 June ."'). inOO. CoDniiixsioiin: 



