fine shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration or any citizen, and shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided; and provided further that nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale by retail merchants and dealers throughout the State, of Paris green, which has already been guaranteed and labeled for the season in and for which the same was purchased, as provided for in this act, and provided the same be not carried over in stock from one year to another in the manner set forth in Section 3 of this act.

Rules for Collection of Moneys and Fines.

97. [Sec. 10.] The Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration shall adopt needful rules and regulations providing for the collection of the money arising from the sale of labels, or from any fines imposed under this act and shall deposit same with the Treasurer of the State and the funds so constituted shall be drawn therefrom upon warrants issued by the Auditor of the State upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration made in pursuance of such rules and regulations. All sums of money arising from the provisions of this act shall be known as the "Paris green fund" and shall be kept by the Treasurer separate from other public funds, and shall be used to defray expenses and costs of labels, inspections and analysis. Commissioner's Account of Sales of Labels.

98. [Sec. 11.] The Commissioner of Agriculture shall keep a correct and faithful account of all labels received and sold by him, and the amount of money collected therefor, and all money arising from fines under this act.

COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS.

Board to Regulate Sales.

99. [Sec. 1, Act 153, 1904, p. 324.] The State Board of Agriculture and Immigration shall be charged with the duties of regulating the sale and manufacture of commercial feeding stuff in the State of Louisiana for the purpose of the suppression of adulteration and fraud therein.

"Commercial Feeding Stuff" Defined.

100. [Sec. 2.] The term commercial feeding stuff shall be held to include all feeds used for live stock and poultry except

hays, straws, cotton seed hulls and corn stover, when same is not mixed with other materials, the whole seed or grain of cereals when not mixed, and the unmixed meal and grits of Indian corn. (Amd. Act 125, 1906, p. 211.)

Duties of Manufacturers and Dealers; Fee for Inspection.

101. [Sec. 3.] It shall be the duty of any manufacturer or dealer in, or any person soliciting orders, whether by sample or otherwise, or whether such orders are to be accepted by him or his principal for the sale of any commercial feeding stuff, before the same is offered for sale for use in this State, to submit to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration for inspection and analysis fair samples of same, and to furnish a written or printed statements setting forth; first, the name and brand under which said feeding stuff is to be sold, the number of pounds contained or to be contained in the package in which it is to be put upon the market for sale, and the name of the manufacturer and the place or places of manufacture; second, a statement setting forth the amount of the named ingredients which he or they guarantee said feeding stuff to contain, the percentage of crude fat, crude protein, carbohydrates and crude fibre, these constituents to be determined by the methods adopted at the time by the Association of official Agricultural Chemists of the United States. Said statements so to be furnished, accompanied by a sample or samples of the feeding stuff to be inspected, and which shall be held for analysis if necessary, shall be considered as constituting a guarantee to the purchaser that every package of such feeding stuff contains not less than the amount of each ingredient set forth, in the statement and contained in the sample or samples. This shall, however, not preclude the party making the statement from setting forth any other ingredients, which his feeding stuff may contain, which additional ingredients shall be considered as embraced in the guarantee above stated

An inspection fee of twenty-five cents per ton upon any commercial feeding stuff sold for use in this State shall be paid by the seller, solicitors or agents, etc., thereof to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, which inspection fee shall cover the cost of inspection and analysis made by the Commissioner or the official chemist, or at the request of either the seller or the buyer, and the certificate to be furnished by the Commissioner

Payment of said inspection fee shall be evidenced by tags to be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immi

gration sufficient in number to place one upon each package of feeding stuff required to make up a ton according to the way in which the particular feeding stuff may be packed and shipped. (Amd. Act 125, 1906, p. 211.)

Certificates to Dealers.

102. [Sec. 4.] Every person proposing to deal in or solicit orders for the sale of commercial feeding stuffs, intended for use in the State of Louisiana, shall, after submitting the sample or samples of feeding stuffs for inspection and analysis and filing the statement above provided for with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, receive from the said Commissioner a certificate stating that he has complied with the foregoing section, which certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner without any additional charge therefor. The said certificate when furnished, shall authorize the party receiving the same to manufacture for sale in this State, to solicit orders for the sale of, or to deal in this State in commercial feeding stuffs or to sell feed stuffs for use in this State.

Any person manufacturing, dealing in, selling or soliciting orders in the State of Louisiana for the sale of commercial feeding stuffs for use in this State, shall, when he has agreed to sell any lot of raw feeding stuffs, notify in writing, before delivery or shipment to the purchaser thereof, the nearest feed stuff inspector of the sale, the amount of the lot sold, the names of the seller, and the location and situation of the lot of feeding stuffs so sold, and when so notified the inspector of feeding stuffs shall proceed to sample said lot, and shall forward to the Commissioner such sample for analysis, with the names of the vendor and vendee, the brand of feeding stuff, the weight and description of the packages, the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, and the marks on said packages, and the vendor shall not ship or deliver the lot or lots sold to the purchaser until such inspector has made such inspection, provided that in the event the inspection before shipment or delivery to the purchaser be found to be impracticable, then said inspection shall be made immediately after actual delivery to the purchaser or so soon thereafter as practicable under the circumstances. In order to provide for said inspection the Commissioner shall appoint inspectors in the various portions of the State, and shall publish the names of said inspectors and their postoffice addresses, to whom such notification shall be sent and by whom said inspection shall be made.

No person who has failed to file the statement aforesaid, and to receive the certificate of authority aforesaid shall be authorized to manufacture for sale in this State or to deal in commercial feeding stuffs, or to sell or solicit orders for the sale of commercial feeding stuffs for use in this State, and any person so manufacturing for sale in this State, or so dealing or selling or soliciting orders therefor for use in this State, without having submitted his feeding stuff for inspection and analysis and filed the aforesaid statement and receiving the certificate aforesaid shall be liable for each violation to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), which fine shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the Commissioner or any citizen, without bond or advance cost, and shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided.

Distribution of Circulars by Board.

103. [Sec. 5.] [Sec. 5.] It shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture and Immigration or its Commissioner, to annually issue and distribute circulars setting forth the brands of commercial feeding stuffs sold in this State, their analysis as claimed by their manufacturers or dealers and their relative and, if known, their commercial value

Tags.

104.

[Sec. 6.]

[Sec. 6.] It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to cause to be prepared tags of suitable material, with proper fastenings for attaching the same to packages of commercial feeding stuffs, and to have printed thereon the word "Guaranteed," with the year or season in which they are to be used, and a fac simile of the signature of the said Commissioner. The said tags shall be furnished by the said Commissioner to any dealer or solicitor or manufacturer of commercial feeding stuffs who shall have complied with the foregoing provisions of this act upon the payment of said dealer, manufacturer or solicitor to the said Commissioner, of twenty-five cents for a sufficient number of tags to tag a ton of such commercial feeding stuffs, as evidence of payment of the inspection fee provided for in section three.

Penalty for Not Tagging.

105. [Sec. 7.] It shall be the duty of every person, before selling any commercial feeding stuffs, for use in this State, to attach or cause to be attached to each bag, barrel or package there

of, one of the tags hereinabove described designating the quantity of the feeding stuff in the bag, barrel or package to which it is attached as evidence of the payment of the inspection fee imposed by section 3. Any person who shall sell any package of commercial feeding stuff which has not been tagged as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for each lot of feeding stuffs so sold; and the said person shall be besides liable to a penalty of five dollars ($5) for each omission to tag each package, each omission to constitute a separate offense, which penalty may be sued for either by the Commissioner or any other person for the uses hereafter declared And it shall be the duty of the Attorney General and of the several District Attorneys, when requested by the Commissioner, to enjoin any person, firm or corporation, resident or non-resident, from manufacturing or selling or soliciting orders for the sale of commercial feeding stuffs in this State, for use in this State, without complying with all the provisions of this act, without bond or advance cost. Any person who shall counterfeit or use a counterfeit of the tag prescribed by this act, knowing the same to be counterfeited, or who shall use them a second time after the said tags shall have been once attached shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convictio nthereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), one-half of which fine shall be paid to the informer; which fine may be doubled or tripled at each second or third conviction, and so on progressively for subsequent convictions.

Analysis To Be On Package.

106. [Sec. 8.] All commercial feeding stuffs, as defined in section 2 offered for sale for use in this State shall have printed upon or attached to bag, barrel or package, in such manner as the Commissioner may prescribe, the true analysis of such feeding stuff as claimed by the manufacturer, showing the per cent. of valuable ingredients contained, as set forth in section third of this act. And for each and every omission so to print upon or attach to each bag, barrel or package, the offender shall be liable to a fine of one dollar ($1.00) for each package so sold, recoverable by civil suit by the Commissioner or any person in a court of cmpetent jurisdictin, said fines and penalties when recavered to go to the uses hereinafter specified in this act.