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above, does not show the same germinating power given in said state- 

 ment prescribed by the provisions of said section three. Provided said seed 

 has been constantly kept under conditions not injurious to its germina- 

 ting qualities, and that amargin of tolerance of five per cent shall be 

 allowed. Provided, also, that in the event of violation of this act in re- 

 lation to seeds, the commissioner of agriculture shall proceed according 

 to the provisions of sections thirty-six and thirty-seven of this chapter. 



Section 13. The term "misbranded" as used herein, shall apply to 

 all articles of agricultural seed, commercial feeding stuff, commercial 

 fertilizer, drug, food, fungicide and insecticide, the package or label of 

 which shall bear any statement, design, or device, regarding such article, 

 or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false 

 or misleading in any particular, or which is falsely branded in any par- 

 ticular. 



For the purpose of this act an article shall also be deemed to be mis- 

 branded. 



In case of agricultural seed : 



If any lot or package fail to bear all the statements required by sec- 

 tion three. 



Section 15. The director of the Maine agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion shall annually analyze, or cause to be analyzed, samples of articles 

 of agricultural seed, commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, 

 food, fungicide and insecticide, at such time and to such extent as the 

 commissioner of agriculture may determine. And said commissioner of 

 agriculture, in person or by deptuy, shall have free access, ingress and 

 egress at all reasonable hours to any place or any building wherein ar- 

 ticles of agricultural seed, commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertili- 

 zer, drug, food, fungicide, insecticide are manufactured, stored, trans- 

 ported, sold, offered or exposed for sale. He shall also have power in 

 person or by deputy to open any case, package or other container, and 

 may upon tendering the market price, take samples for analysis. The 

 results of all analyses of articles of agricultural seed, commercial feed- 

 ing stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food, fungicide and insecticide made 

 by said director shall be published by him in the bulletins or reports of 

 the experiment station, together with the names of the persons from 

 whom the samples were obtained, the names of the manufacturers there- 

 of, and such additional information as to him may seem advisable. 



Section 20. Every certificate duly signed and acknowledged by the 

 director of the Maine agricultural experiment station, relating to the 

 collection and analysis of any sample of agricultural seed, commercial 

 feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food, fungicide or insecticide, 

 shall be presumptive evidence of the facts herein stated. 



Section 21. Any person who adulterates or misbrands within the 

 meaning of this act, any article of agricultural seed, commercial feeding 

 stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food, fungicide or insecticide, or any 

 person who manufactures, sells, distributes, transports, offers or ex- 

 poses for sale, distribution or transportation any article of agricultural 



