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CHAP. 398.
How samples
shall
be drawn
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cent, of the total number of bags purchased, these samples to
be thoroughly mixed in a clean, dry placee, and a suitable
sample shall b'e taken from said mixture and placed in a suit-
able vessel or vessels carefully closed, with an identifying label,
and the same then taken or sent by safe (carriage to the said
college for analysis ; every sample for analysis by the State
chemist as provided for by this section, shall be fully
described in forms to be furnished by said chemist free of
charge, said description giving a full and complete statement
of the time and place of sampling, of all marks on the bags
or packages thereof, and all of the facts relating to the same ;
said description and statements shall be made under affidavit
before a justice of the peace or notary public, and the same
shall be retained as confidential by said justice or notary until
required by this Act to be sent to the State chemist ; pro-
vided, further, that the purchaser or purchasers sending such
sample or samples of fertilizer shall withhold said description
or descriptions of said sample or samples until he has received
the report of the said State chemist of the analysis of the
same. Any person or persons receiving an analysis from the
State chemist under this Act, shall immediately thereafter
forward to him the statement required by this Act to be made
at the time of taking the sample or samples; and any person
or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ; and any manufac-
turer, agent or representative who shall be convicted of making
false and fraudulent representations as to the quality and con-
stituent elements of any fertilizers by the printed analysis
upon any such bag or package shall be fined one hundred
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Penalty
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dollars ($100) for the first offense and two hundred dollars
($200) tor every subsequent offense thereafter ; and the report
of the analysis of any such sample of fertilizer sent to the
Agricultural College tor examination under this Act shall be
prima facie evidence as to the quality of the lot of fertilizer
from winch said sample was taken.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, and that
this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 10,1902.
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