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ing stuff shall have filed the statement made in section one of 

 this act and paid the inspection tax, no agent or seller of said 

 manufacturer, importer or shipper shall be required to file such 

 statement or pay such tax. The amount of inspection tax 

 received by said Director shall be paid by him into the treasury 

 of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. The treasurer 

 of said Station shall make an annual report of receipts and 

 expenditures of funds from this inspection tax, and all receipts 

 in excess of three thousand dollars shall be carried into the 

 state treasury. 



Sect. 6. Any manufacturer, importer 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, without complying with the requirements of 

 the preceding sections of this act, or any feeding stuff which 

 contains substantially a smaller percentage of constituents than 

 are certified to be contained, shall, on conviction in a court of 

 competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than one hundred 

 dollars for the first offense, and not more than two hundred 

 dollars for each subsequent offense. 



Sect. 7. The Director of the Maine Experiment Station shall 

 annually analyze, or cause to be analyzed, at least one sample 

 to be taken in the manner hereinafter prescribed, of every con- 

 centrated commercial feeding stuff sold or offered for sale under 

 the provisions of this act. Said Director is hereby authorized 

 and directed in person or by deputy to take a sample, not 

 exceeding two pounds in weight, for said analysis, from any lot 

 or package of concentrated commercial feeding stuff which 

 may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent 

 or dealer in this state; but said sample shall be drawn in the 

 presence of said party or parties in interest, or their representa- 

 tive, and taken from a parcel or a number of packages, which 

 shall not be less than ten per cent, of the whole lot sampled, 

 and shall be thoroughly mixed, and then divided into two equal 

 samples, and placed in glass vessels, and carefully sealed and a 

 label placed on each, stating the name or brand of the feeding 

 stuff or material sampled, the name of the party from whose 

 stock the sample was drawn and the time and place of drawing, 



