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than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation and
not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each subse-
quent violation. Any manufacturer, importer, jobber, firm,
association, corporation or person who shall mix or adulterate
any feeding stuffs with any substance or substances injurious
to the health of live stock or poultry shall be deemed guilty of
a violation of the provisions of this Act. and in addition to the
penalty provided in this section, the lot of feeding stuffs shall
be subject to seizure, condemnation and sale as the Court may
direct; the proceeds from such sale to be paid into the treasury
of the Maryland State College of Agriculture to be added to
the fund provided for in Section 83. The Court may, in its
discretion, release the feeding stuffs so seized when the re-
quirements of the provisions of this Act have been complied
with, and upon payment of all costs and expenses incurred by
the State in any proceedings connected with such seizure.

88-A. If it shall be found upon analysis or other examina-
tion, that any feeding stuff is deficient in one or more valuable
constituent or that, an inferior product has been substituted
in whole or in part, the purchaser or purchasers shall be en-
titled to recover as damages a sum equal to twice the com-
mercial value of said deficiency, to be determined by reason-
able rules to be published by said State Chemist with the ap-
proval of the State Board of Agriculture.

88-B. The Maryland State Board of Agriculture is hereby
empowered to enforce the provisions of this Act and to pre-
scribe the form of tags or labels to be used on commercial feed-
ing stuff and to prescribe and enforce such rules and regula-
tions relating to the sale of commercial feeding stuffs as it may
deem necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning
of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, -That all laws or parts
of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.