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for the first offense, and for a second offense a sum not exceed- 

 ing one hundred dollars; and any person violating section three 

 of this act shall on conviction pay a fine not exceeding ten dol- 

 lars. And it shall be the duty of every inspector of milk, sheriff, 

 deputy sheriff and constable to institute complaint against any 

 person or persons violating the within named provisions of this 

 act, and on conviction one-half of the fines shall go to com- 

 plainant and the balance to the State. 



Sect. 5. This act shall take effect in six months from the 

 date of its approval. 



Approved March 27, 1895. 



Chapter 334. 

 An Act to regulate the sale and analysis of Concentrated Com- 

 mercial Feeding Stuff. 



Section 1. Every manufacturer, company or person who 

 shall sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution in this State 

 any concentrated commercial feeding stuff, as defined in section 

 three of this act, used for feeding farm live stock, shall, in addi- 

 tion to the tax tag described in section five of this act, affix to 

 every package of such feeding stuff, in a conspicuous place on 

 the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and truly 

 certifying the number of net pounds in the package sold or 

 offered for sale, the name or trade mark under which the article 

 is -sold, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of 

 manufacture, the place of business and a chemical analysis 

 stating the percentage of crude protein, allowing one per cent, 

 of nitrogen to equal six and one-fourth per cent, of protein, and 

 of crude fat it contains, both constituents to be determined by 

 the methods adopted at the time by the Association of Official 

 Agricultural Chemists. 



Sect. 2. The term concentrated commercial feeding stuff, as 

 here used, shall not include hays and straws, the whole seeds 

 nor the unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of 

 wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat, and broom 

 corn. Neither shall it include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans 



