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violation of this act, it 'shall forthwith transmit the facts so found to the 

 attorney general and state's attorney of the county in which said adulterated 

 product was found. 



12. Certificates as evidence. Every certificate duly signed and acknowledged 

 by the chemist of the North Dakota government agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion at Fargo relating to the analysis of any drug, drug products or medicines, 

 shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. 



13. Station to make annual report. The said station shall make an annual 

 report to the governor upon the work done under this act and said report may 

 be included in the report which said station is already authorized by law to 

 make to the governor. 



14. Date of taking effect. All goods coming into this state after July 1, 1905, 

 shall be subject to the provisions of this act, while those goods within the 

 state prior to that date shall be considered as exempt until Jan. 1, 1906. 



Laws, 1905, p. 16. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



1. Restrictions. Any person who shall by himself, his servant or agent, or 

 as the servant or agent of any other person, leave, throw, or deposit upon the 

 doorstep or premises owned or occupied by another, or who shall deliver to any 

 child under fourteen years of age, any patent or proprietary medicine or any 

 preparation, pill, tablet, powder, cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic or any drug 

 or medicine that contains poison, or any ingredient that is deleterious to health, 

 as a sample, or in any quantity whatever for the purpose of advertising, shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



2. Definition of terms used. The terms drug, medicine, patent or proprietary 

 medicine, pill, tablet, powder, cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic as used in 

 this act, shall include all remedies for internal or external use, either in pack- 

 ages or bulk, simple, mixed or compounded. 



3. Penalty. Whoever violates the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars, nor less than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding 

 one hundred nor less than thirty days, or both, for each and every violation. 



Laws, 1903, p. 91. 



