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director of the. Maine Experiment Station that a change is to be made 

 during- the year in the percentages of the above named ingredients 

 contained in the fertilizer, in which case he shall, before selling 

 or offering for sale such fertilizer, file another certified statement 

 with an accompanying sample of fertilizer and an affidavit as here- 

 inbefore required. The deposit of a sample of fertilizer as herein 

 provided shall be required by said director unless the company ,manu- 

 i'acturer or person selling or offering for sale a fertilizer coming 

 within the provisions of this act, shall certify that its conrposition 

 for the succeeding year is to be the same as given in the last pre- 

 viously certified statement, in which case the requiring of said 

 sample shall be at the discretion of said director. 



Sect. 3. The director of the Maine Experiment Station shall an- 

 alyze, or cause to be analyzed, all the samples of fertilizers which 

 come into his possession under the provisions of section two of this 

 act, and shall publish the results thereof in a bulletin or report on or 

 before the fifteenth of March next succeeding - . 



Sect. 4. Any manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any com- 

 mercial fertilizer, who shall deposit with the director of the Maine 

 Experiment Station a sample or samples of fertilizer under the pro- 

 visions of section two of this act, shall pay annually to said director 

 an analysis fee as follws: Ten dollars for the phosphoric acid and 

 five dollars each for the nitrog-en and potash, contained or said to be 

 contained in the fertilizer, this fee to be assessed on any brand of 

 which thirty tons or more are sold in the state, and upon receipt 

 of such fee and of the certified statement named in section two of 

 this act, said director shall issue a certificate of compliance with 

 this act. Whenever the manufacturer or importer of a fertilizer shall 

 have filed the statement made in section two of this act and paid the 

 analysis fee, no agent or seller of said manufacturer, importer or 

 shipper shall be required to file such statement or pay siich fee. The 

 analysis fees received by said director shall be paid immediately by 

 him into the treasury of said experiment station. 



Sect. 5. Any manufacturer, importer or person who shall sell, 

 offer or expose for sale in this state any commercial fertilizer without 

 complying with the requirements of sections one, two and four of 

 this act, or any fertilizer which contains substantially a smaller per- 

 centage of constituents than are certified to be contained, shall, 

 on conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one hun- 

 dred dollars for the first offence, and two hundred dollars for each 

 subsequent offence. 



Sect. 6. The director of the Maine Experiment Station shall 

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

 to be taken in the manner hereinafter presribed, of every fertilizer 

 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 



