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or vender of such product, or to th e person having the custody of the same, 

 the value thereof, but if the person from whom euch sample is taken shall 

 request him to do so, he shall, at the same time and in the presence of the 

 person from whom such property is taken, securely seal up two samples of 

 the article seized or taken, the one of which shall be for examination or 

 analysis under the direction of the commissioner, and the other of which 

 shal lbe delivered to the person fromwhom the article was taken. Any 

 person who shall obstruct the commissioner or any of his assistants by 

 refusing to allow him entrance to any place which he desires to enter in the 

 discharge of his official duty, or refuse to deliver to him a sample of any 

 article of food made, sold, offered or exposed for sale by such person, when 

 the same is requested, and when the value thereof is tendered, shall be 

 guilty of a misdmeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars 

 ($50.00) for the first offense, and not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) 

 or less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent offense. 



6. It shall be the duty of the state's attorney in any county of the 

 State, when called upon by the commissioner or any of his assistants, to 

 render any legal assistance in his po wer to execute the laws and to prosecute 

 cases arising under the provisions of this act. 



7. The State board of health may submit to the commissioner, or to 

 any of his assistants, samples of food or drink for examination or analysis, 

 and shall receive special reports, showing the result of such examination 

 or analysis. 



8. It shall be unlawful for the State analyst, while he holds his office, 

 to furnish to any individual, firm or corporation any certificate as to the 

 purity or excellence of any article manufactured or sold by them to be used 

 as food or in the preparation of food. 



9. The salary of the commissioner shall be paid from the fund appro- 

 priated for the payment of the salaries of State officers, and his assistants 

 shall be paid out of the State treasury from the same fund and in the same 

 manner as the salaries of other employes of the State are paid, and their 

 official expenses shall be paid at the end of each calendar month upon bills 

 duly itemized and approved by the Governor, and the amount necessary to 

 pay such salaries and expenses is hereby appropriated. 



10. The commissioner may, under the direction of the Governor, fit 

 up a laboratory, with sufficient apparatus for making the analysis con- 



