212 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 124

gether with such additional information as the said State
Chemist may deem advisable, shall be transmitted to the manu-
facturer or person responsible for placing the commodity on
the market, and shall be published in reports or bulletins from
time to time.

87. If it appears that any of the provisions of this Act
have been violated, the State Chemist shall certify the facts to
the proper prosecuting attorney and furnish that officer with
a copy of the result of the analysis or other examination of
such feeding stuffs duly authenticated by the analysis or other
officer making the determination, under the oath of such offi-
cer ; provided, that if it shall appear from any such examina-
tion that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated,
the State Chemist shall cause notice to be given to the manu-
facturer or dealer from whom said sample was taken; any
party so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard in
his defense under such rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the State Chemist before the facts shall be certified
to the proper prosecuting attorney. In all prosecutions aris-
ing under the provisions of this Act, certificates of the analysis
of the officer making the examination or analysis, when duly
sworn to by such officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the
fact or facts therein certified.

88. Any manufacturer, importer, jobber, firm, association,
corporation or person who shall sell, offer or expose for sale,
or distribute in this State, any commercial feeding stuffs with-
out having attached thereto or printed thereon the analysis
and statement as required by the provisions of this Act, or
who shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or at-
tempt to prevent said State Chemist or his authorized agent in
the performance of his duty in connection with the provisions
of this Article, or who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or dis-
tribute in this State any commercial feeding stuffs as defined
in Section 80, without complying with the requirements of the
provisions of this Act, or who shall sell, offer or expose for sale
or distribute in this State any commercial feeding stuffs which
contains a smaller per centum of crude protein or crude fat or
a larger per centum of crude fiber than is certified to be. con-
tained therein, or who shall fail to properly state the specific
name of each and every ingredient used in its manufacture,
shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions of this
Article and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more