940 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



prescribed by Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-six (166), laws of the Thir- 

 tj'-first General Assembly, and the said State Food and Dairy Commis- 

 sioner may appoint, with the approval of the Executive Council, such 

 analysts and chemists as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 

 this act. 



Sec. 18. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale any of the seeds 

 specified in Sections Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (14) of this act which 

 are mixed, adulterated or misbranded, or any agricultural seeds which 

 do not comply with Sections Ten (10), Eleven (11) and Twelve (12) of 

 this act, or who shall counterfeit or use a counterfeit of any of the tags 

 prescribed by this act; or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent any in- 

 spector in the discharge of his duty from collecting samples or who shall 

 violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars 

 ($100) and costs of prosecution; provided, that no one shall be convicted 

 for violation of the provisions of Section Ten (10) of this act if he is able 

 to show that the weed seeds named in Section Ten (10) are present in 

 quantities not more than one in ten thousand, and that due diligence has 

 been used to find and remove said seeds. 



Sec. 19. There is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of enforcing the 

 provisions of this act, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,- 

 000) annually. Such expense shall be paid by warrant of the State Aud- 

 itor upon bills filed by the State Food and Dairy Commissioner with the 

 Executive Council and approved by them. All fees collected under the 

 provisions of this act shall be paid into the State treasury. 



