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that mixtures may be sold as such when the percentages of the 

 various constituents are stated. 



Section 2. Dealers may base their guarantees upon tests con- 

 ducted by themselves, their agents, or by the Director of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station; provided, that such 

 tests shall be made under such conditions as the said Director 

 may prescribe. 



Section 3. The results of all tests of seeds made by said 

 Director shall be published by him in the bulletins or reports of 

 the Experiment Station, together with the names of the person 

 or persons from whom the samples of seeds were obtained. 

 The said Director shall also publish equitable standards of 

 purity together with such other information concerning agricul- 

 tural seeds as may be of public benefit. 



Section. 4. Any person or persons who shall sell, offer or 

 expose for sale or for distribution in this state agricultural seeds 

 without complying with the requirements of sections one and 

 two of this act, shall, on conviction in a court of competent 

 jurisdiction, be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars for the 

 first offense, and not to exceed two hundred dollars for each 

 subsequent offense. 



Section 5. Any person or persons who shall, with intention 

 to deceive, wrongly mark or label any package or bag contain- 

 ing garden or vegetable seeds or any other agricultural seeds, 

 not including those of trees, shrubs, and ornamental plants, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in a court 

 of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not to exceed one hun- 

 dred dollars for the first offense and not to exceed two hundred 

 dollars for each subsequent offense. 



Section 6. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any 

 person or persons growing or selling cereals and other seeds 

 for food. 



Section 7. Whenever the Director of the Maine Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station becomes cognizant of the violation 

 of any of the provisions of this act, he shall report such viola- 

 tion to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, and said 

 Secretary shall prosecute the party or parties thus reported. 



Section 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this 

 act are hereby repealed. 



