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prove a written guaranty of purity, signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manu- 

 facturer, or other party residing within this State from whom said articles 

 were purchased, tluMi tin* proceeds of the sale of such articles, over and above 

 the rusts .if seizure, forfeit mv and sale, shall be paid over to such owner or 

 claimant t<> reimburse him. to the extent of such surplus, for his actual loss 

 resulting from such seizure and forfeiture as shown by the invoice. 



Sixth. 1 1 shall he the duty of the prosecuting attorney when called upon by 



.mmissioner, or by any person by him authorized as aforesaid, to render 



any legal assistance in his power in proceeding under the provisions of this 



r any subsequent act relative to the adulteration of food, for the sale of 



impure or unwholesome food or food products. 



. Bn Annual n i><>rt ; <i u n rt < rly bulletin. The dairy and food commissioner 

 make an annual report to the commissioner of agriculture and immigra- 

 tion to be. by -a ill cOBBtfaplMMV of agriculture and immigration transmitted 

 to the governor on or before the first day of January in each year, and which 

 shall be printed and published on or before the first day of January next 

 thereafter, which report shall cover the doings of his office for the preceding 

 r. which shall show, among other things, the number of manufac- 

 1 other places inserted and by whom, the number of speciments 

 od articles analyzed and the State chemist's report upon each one; the 

 number of compl.i rsons for the violating of the laws 



iltcrati 'ii <>f I'.M.,I. the number of convictions had, and the 

 amount -of fines imposed therefor, together with such recommendations rela- 

 : statutes In force as his experience may justify. The dairy and 

 -hall prepare, print and distribute to all papers of the State, 

 h persons as may be Interested or may apply therefor, a quarterly 

 bulletin in suit ab'. taininu' results of inspections, the results 



with the popular explanation of the 



!ier information as may come to him in his official capacity 



relaiin:: to the adulteration of food and drink products and of dairy products, 



t he same of, benefit and advantage to the public ; also a 



summary "f .ill th.- work d^ne during the quarter by the commissioner and. 



in the enforcement of the laws of the State, but not more than 



ten copies of such quarterly bulletin shall be printed. 



'/// for fiiml'iini/ uncr. Any person who shall wilfully 



hinder or the dairy and food commissioner, or his deputy or other per- 



or assistants by him duly authori/ed, in the exercise of the powers con- 



d upon him by this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on 



:i shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more 



than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county or city jail for not 



ihan ten da\s n..r more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprison- 



:. in the discretion of the court. 



iiitinn. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 



this ,-iet the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars isjiereby appropriated 



he tiscal year endin- February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, 



la like manner for each fiscal year thereafter, there is hereby appropriated 



;m of seven thousand live hundred dollars. 



Approved March 11, 1908. Acts of 1908, ch. 188, p. 266. 



An act entitled an act to prevent the sale of adulterated and mis- 

 branded foods in the State of Virginia, approved February twenty-seventh, 



So in Statutes. 



