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petent jurisdiction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars 

 for the first ofifense, and not more than two hundred dollars for 

 each subsequent offense. 



Sect. 7. Any person who shall adulterate any kind of meal 

 or ground grain with milling or manufacturing offals, or any 

 other substance whatever, for the purpose of sale, unless the true 

 composition, mixture, or adulteration thereof is plainly marked 

 or indicated upon the package containing the same or in which it 

 is offered for sale ; or any person who knowingly sells, or offers 

 for sale, any meal or ground grain which has been so adulterated 

 unless the true composition, mixture, or adulteration is plainly 

 marked or indicated upon the package containing the same, or in 

 wdiich it is offered for sale, shall be fined not less than twenty- 

 five or more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 



Sect. 8. Whenever said commissioner becomes cognizant 

 of the violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall prose- 

 cute the party or parties thus reported, but it shall be the duty 

 of said commissioner, upon thus ascertaining any violation of this 

 act to forthwith notify the manufacturer, importer, or dealer in 

 writing, and give him not less than thirty days thereafter in which 

 to comply with the requirements of this law ; but there shall be 

 no prosecution in relation to the quality of any concentrated com- 

 mercial feeding-stuff' if the same shall be found substantially 

 equivalent to the certified statement named in section three of 

 this article. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



Objects of the Law. 



The principal objects of this law are :- 



1. To protect the purchasers of feeding stuffs against the adul- 

 terated, misbranded, and inferior feeds of the unscrupulous 

 manufacturer. 



2. To protect the honest manufacturer and seller of good qual- 

 ity feeding stuffs against the unfair competition of the dishonest 

 manufacturer and seller of inferior feeds. 



3. To furnish purchasers with information which will enable 

 them to distinguish between good quality and poor quality feed- 

 ing stuffs, between reliable and unreliable manufacturers, agents 

 and dealers, and to promote the intelligent and economical pur- 

 chase and use of feeds. 



The Sliding-Scale or Double Guarantee. 



There is one provision of this law still being violated by a 

 few manufacturers which can no longer be tolerated ; namely, 



