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rial used for fertilizing purposes, the price of which exceeds ten dollars 

 a ton, shall file annually between the fifteenth day of November and the 

 fifteenth day of December with the director of the Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, a certified copy of the statement named in the pre- 

 ceding section, for each and every fertilizer bearing a distinguishing 

 name or trade mark. Such certificate shall apply to the entire calendar 

 year ne.xt succeeding the date upon which said certificate is made. The 

 manufacturer, company or person who shall file said certificate shall 

 pay annuall.v to the treasurer of state an analysis fee as follows : Ten 

 dollars for the phosphoric acid, and five dollars each for the nitrogen 

 and potash, contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer, this fee 

 to be assessed oti any brand sold in the State. Upon receipt of the 

 treasurer's receipt for such fee and of the certified statement, said 

 director shall issue a certificate of compliance with this chapter. When- 

 ever the manufacturer or importer of a fertilizer shall have filed the 

 statement and paid the analysis fee, no agent or seller of said manu- 

 facturer, importer or shipper shall be required to file such statement or 

 pay such fee. 



Sec. 20. The director of the ^Nlaine Agricultural Experiment Station 

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

 every fertilizer sold or offered for sale under the provisions of this 

 chapter. Said director shall take, in person or by deputy, a sample, not 

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

 age of fertilizer, or any material used for manurial purposes which may 

 be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer in 

 the state. The results of the analyses of all samples of commercial 

 fertilizers together with such additional information as may be of pub- 

 lic benefit shall be published in reports or bulletins of the station. 



* Sec. 30. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale or for distribution, 

 in the state, any commercial fertilizer without complj'ing with the 

 requirements of sections sixteen and seventeen, or any fertilizer which 

 contains a smaller percentage of constituents than are certified to be 

 contained, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars 

 for the first offense and not exceeding two hundred dollars for each 

 subsequent offense. Municipal and police courts and trial justices are 

 hereby ve-^led with original jurisdiction concurrent with the supreme 

 judicial and superior courts, to try, and, upon conviction, to punish, for 

 offenses against the provisions of this act. 



* Sec. 33. The director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion shall diligently enforce the provisions of sections si.xteen, seven- 

 teen, and thirty of this chapter, and, in his discretion, prosecute offenses 

 against the same. 



* The matter not relevant to fertilizers is omitted. 



