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name and address of the manufacturer, 

 importer, or dealer, the place of manu- 

 facture, and a chemical analysis, stating 

 the percentages claimed tc be therein, of 

 the substance or substances alleged to 

 have insecticidal properties, specifying 

 the form or forms in which each is 

 present, and the materials from which 

 all constituents of the insecticides are 

 derived. All analyses of substances for 

 which methods have been agreed upon 

 by the American Association of Official 

 Agricultural Chemists, are to be made 

 by such official methods. In the case of 

 those insecticides, the selling price of 

 which is less than one cent per pound, 

 said label need only give a correct general 

 statement of the nature and composition 

 of the insecticide it accompanies. 



Sec. 2. The manufacturer, importer, 

 agent of, or dealer in any, commercial 

 insecticide, or materials used for insecti- 

 cidal purposes, the selling price of which 

 to the consumer is one cent (1 cent) per 

 pound, shall, before the same is offered 

 for sale, obtain a certificate of registra- 

 tion from the Secretary of the Board of 

 Regents of the University of California, 

 countersigned by the said university, 

 authorizing the sale of insecticides in this 

 State, and shall securely fix to each lot, 

 parcel, or package of insecticide the word 

 " registered," with the number of regis- 

 try. The manufacturer, importer, agent, 

 or dealer obtaining such registry shall 

 pay to the said Secretary the sum of fifty 

 (50) dollars, to be applied as provided in 

 section eight of this Act ; such registra- 

 tion shall expire on the thirtieth day 

 of June of the fiscal year for which it 

 was given ; provided, the provisions of 

 this section shall not apply to any agent 

 whose principals shall have obtained a 

 certificate of registration as herein pro- 

 vided. Every such manufacturer, im- 

 porter, agent, or dealer, who makes or 

 sells, or offers for sale, any such sub- 

 stances, under a name or brand, shall 

 file, on or before the first day of July, 

 in each year, a statement, under oath, 

 with the Director of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station of the University 

 of California, stating such name or 

 brand, and stating the component parts, 

 in accordance with the provisions of 

 section one of this Act, of the substances 

 to be sold, or offered for sale, or manu- 

 factured under each such name or brand. 



Sec. 3. The said Director shall annu- 

 ally, on or before the first day of 

 September, take samples in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of section 

 five hereof, of the substance made, 

 sold, or offered for sale, under every 

 such name or brand, and cause analyses 

 to be made thereof iu accordance with 



the provisions of section one hereof, 

 and said analyses may include such 

 other determinations as said Director 

 may at any time deem advisable. 

 Dealers in or manufacturers of insecti- 

 cides must give free access to the Direc- 

 tor of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, or his duly authorized deputy, 

 to all the materials which they may 

 place on the market for sale in Cali- 

 fornia, Whenever the analysis certified 

 by the said Director shall show a defici- 

 ency of not more than five per cent, of 

 the substance alleged to have insecticidal 

 properties, the statement of the manu- 

 facturer or importer, as required in 

 section one of this Act, shall not be 

 deemed to be false in the meaning of 

 this Act ; provided, that this Act shall 

 not apply to sales of insecticidal mate- 

 rials made to a registered manufacturer 

 of insecticides or to sales for export 

 outside of this State; provided further, 

 that the said Director of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station of the Univer- 

 sity of California shall, upon the receipt 

 of a sample of insecticide, accompanied 

 with a nominal fee of two (2) dollars, 

 furnish to the user of said commercial 

 insecticide such examination or analysis 

 of the sample as will substantially estab- 

 lish the conformity or non-conformity 

 of the said insecticide to the guarantee 

 under which it was sold. 



Sec 4. The Director of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station of the Univer- 

 sity of California, in person or by 

 deputy, is hereby authorized to take a 

 sample not exceeding two pounds in 

 weight, for analysis by the said director 

 or his deputies, from any lot, parcel, 

 or package of insecticide or material, 

 or mixture of materials, used for 

 insecticidal purposes, which may be 

 in the possession of any manufacturer, 

 importer, agent, or dealer ; but said 

 sample shall be drawn in the presence 

 of said party or parties in interest, or 

 their representatives. In lots of five 

 tons or less, samples shall be drawn from 

 at least ten packages, or, if less than 

 ten packages are present, all shall be 

 sampled ; in lots of over five tons not 

 less than twenty packages shall be 

 sampled. The samples so drawn shall 

 be thoroughly mixed, and from it 

 two equal samples shall be drawn and 

 placed in glass vessels, carefully sealed, 

 and a label placed on each, stating the 

 name or brand of the insecticide 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 

 said director or his deputy making such 

 inspection, and by the party or parties 



