June 14, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



73 



ILLINOIS PUBE SEED BILL. 



LOontlnued from page 62.] 



tlif'ir agents or representatives, and shall be 

 taken from a parcel, lot or number of parcels, 

 >vliich shall not be less than ten per cent of the 

 whole lot Inspected and sliall be thoroughly 

 mixed and then divided into two samples and 

 (diiced in safe containers, carefully sealed and 

 a label placed on each container, stating the 

 name of the agricultural seed or mixture sam- 

 pled, the name of the vendor from whose stock 

 said samples were taken, and the date and place 

 of taking such samples, and said labels shall be 

 signed by inspector taking samples; or said sam- 

 l)les may be taken in the presence of two disin- 

 terested witnesses if the vendor or party in in- 

 terest fails or refuses to be present, when no- 

 tified. One of said duplicate samples shall be 

 left with or on the premises of the vendor or 

 party in interest, and the other retained by the 

 Inspector for analysis. 



Samples for Analysis. 



Section 7. All lots of agricultural seeds, as 

 defined In this act, sold fv»r use for seeding pur- 

 poses within this state, shall have representative 

 samples taken therefrom (or of the original lot 

 of seed from which said lot was taken) within 

 ten days from date of first sale; said sample 

 shall contain not less than one ounce with analy- 

 sis of purity, and properly identified by name, 

 address and lot number as specified In (b) sec- 

 tion 1. It shall be forwarded to the director of 

 the Department of Agriculture, who shall file 

 same and promptly acknowledge receipt thereof. 

 It shall be a misdemeanor punishable under the 

 provisions of tills act to use falsely any name, 

 address, identifying lot number, or other dis- 

 tinguishing mark. 



Section 8. The results of tests of identified 

 lots of seeds made by the department shall be 

 published In bulletins of the department, to- 

 gether with the names and postofflce addresses 

 of and results of tests made by the persons, 

 firms, associations or corporations from whom 

 samples tested were obtained. When publica- 

 tion of germination test Is made it shall include 

 the date of test appearing on the original iden- 

 tification tag and the date of test by the de- 

 partment. 



Section 9. The director shall notify any per- 

 son, firm, association or corporation, the test 

 of whose seed by the department shows more 

 than a reasonable variation from the statement 

 on the Identification tag, and said person, firm, 

 association or corporation shall be granted a 

 hearing and upon request a second analysis shall 

 be made, before the result shall be published. 



The methods of testing seeds hereunder shall 

 conform to the methods of testing adopted by 

 the Association of Official Seed Analysts or the 

 method of testing used by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Section 10. Statements of purity and germi- 

 nation shall be based upon tests made by the 

 Department of Agriculture of the State of Illi- 

 nois, or by seed dealers, or their agents, subject 

 to retest and ratification by the said Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture when It shall deem neces- 

 sary. 



$100 Maximum Fine. 



Section 11. Whoever offers or exposes for sale 

 within this state any agricultural seed, defined 

 In section two (2) of this act without compl.v- 

 Ing with the requirements of sections one (1), 

 tliree (3) and seven (7) of this act, or whoever 

 falsely m^arks, labels or numl)ers any agricul- 

 tural seed under section one (1) of this act, or 

 sells or offers for sale any mixture the sale of 

 which is prohibited in paragraph (d) of section 

 four (4), shall be guilt.v of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction shall be fined not more than 

 $100; provided, however, that no prosecution for 

 violation of this act shall be instituted except 

 In the manner following: 



When the director of the Department of Agri- 

 culture believes or has reason to believe that any 

 person, firm, association or corporation has vio- 

 lated any of the provisions of this act, lie shall 

 cause notice of such fact to be given to said per- 

 son, firm, association or corporation, who, either 

 in person or by agent or attorney, shall have the 

 riglit under such reasonable rules and regula- 

 tions as may be prescribed by said director to 

 ai)pear iH'fore said director and introduce evi- 

 dence and said hearing shall be private. If 

 u\K>n said hearing or without such hearing. In 

 case said person fails or refuses to appear, said 

 director shall decide that such person, firm, asso- 

 ciation or corporation has violated any of the 

 jirovisions of tliis act, he shall so certify to tlie 

 proper prosecuting attorney and request him to 

 jirosecute said person according to law for vio- 

 lation of this act, transmitting with said cer- 

 tificate such evidence as he shall deem necessary 

 and proper; whereupon said prosecuting attorney 

 shall jirosecute said person according to law. 



Section 12. Seed shall be analyzed without 

 cost for farmers who have no seed for sale, 

 under the supervision of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture. Tags showing identification must ac- 

 company samples submitted In all cases. 



A fee of 2.') cents shall be collected by the 

 Department of Agriculture for each sample of 

 seed tested by the Department of Agriculture 

 under the provisions of this act, except as pro- 

 vided In this section. 



Tlie plan is to adjourn the legisla- 

 ture Saturday, June 16, and there seems 

 little prospect that tlie proponents of 

 the pure seed bill will be able to get the 

 measure tlirough the Se-nate in the rush 

 of the closing days. 



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