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seed, commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food, fun- 

 gicide or insecticide in violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall 

 be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first of- 

 fense, and by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for each subse- 

 quent offense. 



Section 22. No person shall be prosecuted under the provisions of 

 this act when he can establish proof of purchase and a guaranty signed 

 by the person residing in the United States, from whom the purchase 

 was made, to the effect that the article in question is not adulterated or 

 misbranded within the meaning of this act. 



Secion 35. The commissioner of agriculture shall make uniform 

 rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act. The 

 said commissioner may also fix standards of purity, quality or strength 

 when such standards are not specified or fixed by law and shall publish 

 them together with such other information concerning articles of agri- 

 cultural seed, commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food 

 fungicide and insecticide as he may deem to be of public benefit. 



Section 36. When the commissioner of agriculture becomes cogni- 

 zant of the violation of any of the provisions of this act, he shall cause 

 notice of such fact, together with a copy. of the findings, to be given to 

 the person from whom the sample was obtained, and the person whose 

 name appears upon the label. The persons so notified shall be given an 

 opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as may be pre- 

 scribed by said commissioner. Notices shall specify the date, hour and 

 place of the hearing. 



List Of Noxious Seeds 



statement by the executive of the law 



a. m. g. soule, Chief Bureau Inspections 



Under the authority given by section 35, of chapter 36, 

 of the Revised Statutes, be it known that the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture has declared that the following shall be known as 

 "noxious weed seeds," and if agricultural seeds, containing such 

 noxious weed seeds, are sold, they shall be labelled accordingly. 

 It is to be understood that there are other seeds which are likely 

 to be found in agricultural seeds, but for the present the Com- 

 missioner has ruled that he will consider no seeds, other than 

 those mentioned in the following list, as noxious weed seeds 

 and coming within the requirements for labelling: 



