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the said State Food aud Dairj- Commissioner a sealed glass jar or bottle 

 containing not less than one pound of the feeding-stuff to be sold or offered 

 for sale, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample 

 thereof and corresponds within reasonable limits to the feeding-stuff which 

 it represents. 



Sec. 5. Before any manufacturer, importer, dealer or agent shall offer 

 or expose for sale in this State any of the concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing-stuffs defined in Section Three (3) of this act, he shall pay to the 

 State Food and Dairy Commissioner an inspection fee of ten cents per 

 ton for each ton of such concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs sold or 

 offered for sale in the State of Iowa, for use within this State; (except 

 that every manufacturer, importer, dealer or agent for any condimental, 

 patented, proprietary or trademarked stock or poultry foods, or both, shall 

 pay to the State Food and Dairy Commissioner, on or before the fifteenth 

 day of July of each year, a license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) 

 in lieu of such inspection fee. "Whenever the manufacturer or importer 

 of such foods shall have paid the fee herein required, no other person or 

 agent of such manufacturer or importer shall be required to pay such li- 

 cense fee; and shall affix to each lot shipped in bulk, and to each bag. bar- 

 rel or package of such concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs, a tag, to 

 be furnished by the said State Food and Dairy Commissioner, stating that 

 all charges specified in this section have been paid; provided, that the 

 inspection fee herein required shall not apply to unadulterated wheat, rye 

 and buckwheat bran, nor wheat, rye and buckwheat middlings, nor to 

 wheat, rye and buckwheat shorts manufactured in this State. The said 

 State Food and Dairy Commissioner is hereby empowered to prescribe the 

 form of such tag and adopt such regulations as may be necessary for 

 the enforcement of this act. Tags for use upon concentrated commercial 

 feeding-stuffs shall be issued in denominations suitable for use with twen- 

 ty-five, fifty and one hundred pounds net, except as hereinafter provided. 

 Provided, that any dealer who sells at one time to any other person one 

 ton or more of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs shall be held to 

 have complied with the provisions of this section if he delivers to the 

 purchaser the tax tags herein required, even though they may not be 

 attached to the various packages. 



Sec. 6. The State Food and Dairy Commissioner shall cause to be 

 made analyses of all concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs and agri- 

 cultural seeds sold or offered for sale in this state. Said State Food and 

 Dairy Commissioner is hereby authorized, in person or by deputy, to 

 take for analysis a sample from any lot or package of concentrated com- 

 mercial feeding-stuffs in this state, not exceeding two pounds in weight; 

 and in case of agricultural seeds, a sample not exceeding four ounces 

 in weight; but said sample shall be drawn or taken in the presence of 

 party or parties in interest, or their representative, and shall be taken 

 from a parcel, lot or number of parcels which shall not be less than five 

 per cent of the whole lot inspected and shall be thoroughly mixed and 

 divided into two samples and placed in glass or metal vessels carefully 

 sealed and a label placed on each, stating the name or brand of the feed- 

 ing-stuff, agricultural seeds or material sampled, the name of the party 



