Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906 



laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be 



after they are made. 

 Provisions as 5. — (i) The council of a county or county borough 

 to county j^^^y concur with one or more other such councils in 

 borouKh^ ^ making any appointment which they are authorised to 

 councils. make under this Act, and as to the apportionment in 



the case of such a joint appointment of the expenses 



amongst the several councils. 



(2) The council of any county or county borough 

 may contribute towards any expenses incurred by any 

 agricultural body or association in causing samples to 

 be taken for analysis by the agricultural analyst. 



(3) The council of any county or county borough 

 may fix the fees payable in respect of the making of an 

 analysis and the taking of any sample at the request of 

 a purchaser. 



(4) The expenses of the council incurred in the 

 execution of this Act shall be defrayed, in the case of a 

 county council as part of their general expenses, and in 

 the case of a county borough council out of the borough 

 fund or borough rate. 



Penalties for 6, — (i) If any person who sells any article for use as 

 breach of a fertiliser of the soil or as food for cattle or poultry 

 duty by commits any of the following offences, namely : — 



(a) Fails without reasonable excuse to give, on or 



before or as soon as possible after the delivery 



of the article, the invoice required by this Act ; 



or 



{b) Causes or permits any invoice or description of 



the article sold by him to be false in any material 



particular to the prejudice of the purchaser ; 



or 



(c) Sells for use as food for cattle or poultry any article 



which contains any ingredient deleterious to 



cattle or poultry, or to which has been added 



any ingredient worthless for feeding purposes 



and not disclosed at the time of the sale ; 



he shall, without prejudice to any civil liabihty, be liable, 



on summary conviction, for a first offence to a fine not 



160 



