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SEC. 4. The state board of health and its agents and inspection 

 inspectors shall have free access to all places of business, bowtfof 

 mills, buildings, carriages, cars, vessels and parcels of what- health - 

 soever kind used in the manufacture, transportation, importa- 

 tion, sale or storage of any commercial feeding stuffs, and shall 

 have the power and authority to open any parcel containing or 

 supposed to contain any commercial feeding stuffs, and upon 

 tender and full payment of the selling price of said sample, to 

 take therefrom samples for analysis. The methods of analysis 

 shall be those in force at the time by the association of official 

 agricultural chemists of North America. 



SEC. 5. Commercial feeding stuffs shall be deemed adulter- Adulterated, 

 ated if they do not conform to the analysis declared on the 

 label or tag. 



SEC. 6. Commercial feeding stuffs shall be deemed mis- 

 labeled if they are not labeled or tagged in accordance with 

 the provisions of section three of this act. 



SEC. 7. If it appears that any of the provisions of this act 

 has been violated, the state board of health shall certify the of act - 

 facts to the proper prosecuting attorney and furnish that 

 officer with a copy of the result of the analysis or other exami- 

 nation of such feeding stuffs duly authenticated by the analyst 

 or other officer making the determination, under the oath of 

 such officer; provided, that it shall appear from any such 

 examination that any of the provisions of this act has been 

 violated the state board of health shall cause notice to be given 

 to the manufacturer or dealer from whom said sample was 

 taken; any party so notified shall be given an opportunity to 

 be heard in his defense under such rules and regulations as 

 may be prescribed by the state board of health before the facts 

 shall be certified to the proper prosecuting attorney. In all 

 prosecutions arising under the provisions of this act, certifi- 

 cates of the analyst or other officer making the examination or 

 analysis, when duly sworn to by such officer, shall be prima 

 facie evidence of the fact or facts therein certified. 



SEC. 8. Any manufacturer, importer, jobber, firm, associa- 

 tion, corporation or person who shall sell, offer or expose for 

 sale, or distribute in this state, any commercial feeding stuffs 

 without having attached thereto or furnished therewith such 

 labels or tags as required by the provisions of this act, or who 

 shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt 

 to prevent said state board of health or its authorized agent in 

 the performance of its duty in connection with the provisions 

 of this act, or who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or dis- 

 tribute in this state any commercial feeding stuffs as defined 

 in section one, without complying with the requirements of 

 the provisions of this act, or who shall sell, offer or expose for 

 sale or distribute in this state any commercial feeding stuffs 

 which contains a smaller per centum of crude protein or crude 

 fat or a larger per centum of crude fiber or ash than is certi- 

 fied to be contained therein, or who shall fail to properly state 

 the specific name of each and every ingredient used in its manu- 



