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Section 13. It shall be the duty" of 



Director Required the director of the Massachusetts 



to Enforce Provisions agricultural experiment station to see 



of This Act that the provisions of this act are 



complied with, and he may prescribe 



and enforce such rules and regulations relative to the sale of 



commercial feeding stuff or cattle feed as he deems necessary 



to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of this act. He 



may in his discretion prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any 



person violating any provision of this act, and no complaint shall 



be inade or prosecuted for any such violation except with the 



authorization or approval of the said director. 



Section 14. To defray the cost of collecting samples, making 

 analyses, and of otherwise carrying out the provisions of this act, 

 a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars shall be allowed an- 

 nually from the treasury of the commonwealth, payable in quar- 

 terly payments into the treasury of said station. All moneys 

 received and disbursed under this act shall be kept in a separate 

 account and shall be audited and reported as are other moneys 

 placed in charge of the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. In case at any time there should be a surplus, the 

 surplus shall be used in the Massachusetts agricultural experiment 

 station, under the authority of its director, for experiments and 

 research relative to the feeding of farm animals. 



Section 15. Chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the 

 acts of the year nineteen hundred and three, chapter three hun- 

 dred and thirty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred 

 and four, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith 

 are hereby repealed. 



Section 16. This act shall take effect on the first day of 

 September in the year nineteen hundred and twelve. (Approved 

 April 25, 1912.) 



The new law differs from the law which it replaces in the fol- 

 lowing essentials : 



1. Guarantee. In addition to a guarantee of the minimum 

 percentage of protein and fat, as fonnerly required, a guarantee 

 of the maximum fiber content must also be given. 



