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refuse to deliver to him a sample of any article of food made, sold 

 or exposed for sale by such person, when the same is requested, 

 and when the value thereof is tendered, shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars 

 ($50.00) for the first offense, and not exceeding five hundred dol- 

 lars ($500) or less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subse- 

 quent 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 power to exe- 

 cute the laws and to prosecute cases arising under the provisions 

 of this act. 



7. The State board of health may submit to the commis- 

 sioner, or to any of his assistants, samples of food or drink for 

 examination or analysis, and shall receive special reports, show- 

 ing the results 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 manu- 

 factured 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 appropriated 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 em- 

 ployes 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 ^*s hereby appropriated. 



10. The commissioner may, unc^er the direction of the Gov- 

 ernor, fit up a laboratory, with sufficient apparatus for making 

 analysis contemplated in this act, and for such purpose the sum 

 of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), of so much thereof as may be 



