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any lot or package of fertilizer or any material used for manurial 

 purposes which may be in the possession of any manufacturer, im~ 

 porter, agent or dealer in this state; but said sample shall be drawn, 

 in the presence of said party or parties in interest, or their represen- 

 tative, and taken from a parcel or a number of packages which shall 

 not be less than ten per cent, of the whole lot sampled, and shall 

 be thoroughly mixed and then divided into two equal samples and 

 placed in glass vessels and carefully sealed and a label placed on each, 

 stating the name or brand of the fertilizer or material sampled, the 

 name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn and the 

 time and place of drawing, and said label shall also be signed by 

 the director or his deputy and by the party or parties in interest or 

 their representative at the drawing and sealing of said samples; one 

 of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the director and the other 

 by the party whose stock was sampled; and the sample or samples: 

 retained by the director shall be for comparison with the certified 

 statement named in section two of this act. The result of the analy- 

 sis of the sample or samples so procured shall be published in a re- 

 port or bulletin within reasonable time. 



Sect. 7. Whenever the director becomes cognizant of the violation 

 of any of the provisions of this act he shall report such violation to 

 the secretary of the board of agriculture, and said secretary shall 

 prosecute the part3' or parties thus reported; but it shall be the 

 duty of said secretary upon thus ascertaining any violation of this 

 act, to forthwith notify the manufacturer or importer in writing, 

 and give him not less than thirty days thereafter in which to comply 

 with the requirements of this act, but there shall be no prosecution 

 in relation to the quality of any fertilizer or fertilizing material if 

 the same shall be found substantially equivalent to the certified 

 statement named in section two of this act. 



Sect. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are= 

 hereby repealed. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take efEect when approved. 

 Approved March 14. 



