The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19
COMMERCIAL FEED sTUFFs.
The Proposed Act to Regulate Their
Analysis and Sale.

act now pending In the Legislature
to regulate the sale and analysis of con-
csntrated feed stuffs:
| BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature assem-
| bled, as follows:
Section Livery Smanufacturer, COM
pany or person who shall sell, offer or
expose for sale in this State any concen-
trated commercial feeding stuff, as de-
fined in section three of this act, used. for
| feeding live stock, SHALL in addition
to the privilege tax tag described in SEQ
ton five of this act, affix to every pack
age of such feeding. in conspicuous
place OH the outside thereof, a plainly
printed statement clearly and truly GER
tifyiug the number of net pounds in the
package sold or offered for sale, the name
or trade mark under which the artiolesis
sold, the name of the manufacturer or
shipper, the place Of manufacture, the
place of business and chemical analysis
stating the percentage of crude protein
| (allowipg one per cent. of nitrogen to
equal six and one-fourth per cent. of
protein) and of crude fat it contains,
both constituents to be determind by the
m eth dds adopted at the time by the As
socation of Official Agricultural Chem
| lists.
Section 2-The term concentrated COM
mercial feeding stuff, as hare used shall
not include hay and straws, tho whole
seeds not the unmixed meals made d.
rectly from the entire grains of wheat,
rye, barley, oats. Indian corn, buck
wheat. and broom corn. Neither shall it
include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans
or middlings, not mixed with other sub
stances, but sold separately, as distinct
articles of commerce.
| Section 3--The term concentrated COM
meroial feeding stuff, as here used, shall
| include linseed meals. cotton seed meals,
pea meals, oocoanut meals. gluten feeds,
maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds,
dried brewers grains, malt sprouts,
hominy feeds, ceraline feeds, rice meals.
0at feeds, corn and oat chops, ground
beef or fish scraps, mixed feeds, and
other materials of similar nature not in
cluded within section two of this ct.
| Section 4.-Before any manufacturer.
company or person shall sell, offer or ex-
pose for sale IN this State any concen-
trated commercial feeding stuff, az de-
fined in section three Of this act, he or
they shall for each and every feeding
stuff bearing distinguished name or
trade mark, file with the director Of the
| Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
a, certified copy of the statement named
| in section one of the this act, said certi-
| fed copy to be accompanied, when the
director shall SO request, by sealed
glass jar or bottle containing at least
| one pound of the feeding stuff to De sold
or offered for sale, and the company or
person furnishing said sample shall there
upon make affidavit that said sample
| correspond within reasonable limit to
the feeding stuff which 1t represents, in
the percentage of protein and fat which
| it contain.
Section 5-Each manufacturer, import
| er, agent OF seller of any concentrated
/ oiol foodioo 6ofIlaH n
section three of this act, shall pay to the
director of the Maine Agricultural Exper-
iment Station u privilege tax of twenty
| five cents per ton for each ton of such
concentrated feeding stuff sold or offered
for sale in the State of Maine, and shall
afix to each bag, Darrell or other pack
age of such concentrated feeding stuff, a
tag to be furnished by said director, stat
ing that all charges specified in this sec
| tion have been paid. The director of said
| Experiment Station Is hereby empowered
to prescribe the form of such tags, and
adopt such regulations as may be neces-
| sary for the enforcement OF the law.
| Whenever the manufacturer or importer
or shipper of a concentrated feeding stuff
| shall have filed the statement made in
section one Of this act and paid the privi-
lege tax, no agent or seller of said manu-
facturer, importer or shipper shall be re-
| Quired to file such sta tement or pay such
| tax. The amount of privilege tax re-
ceivcd by said director shall be paid by
him into the treasury of the Maine Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. The treas
urer of said station shall make an an
nual report of receipts and expenditures
of funds from this privilege tax,
Section 6-Any manufacturer, import
or or person who shall sell, offer or ex-
| pose for sale in this State any concern
trated commercial feeding stuff. rs de-
ined in saction three of this act, without
complying withsthe requirements of the
preceding sections sof this act or any
| feeding stuff which contains substantial
| ly amaller percentage or constituents
than are certified to be contained, shall,
on conviction in a court Of COMPETENT
| jurisdiction, be fired one hundred dollars
for the first offense, and two hundred
dollars for each Subsequent offense.
Section 1.-THE director of the Maine
Experiment Station shall annually an
alyze, or cause to he analysed, at least
one sample to lie taken in the manner
hereinafter prescribed, of every concen-
tratsd commercial fesding stuff sold or
offered for sale under the provisions of
| this ACT Said director is hereby author
lied and directed in person or by deputy
to take "a sample, not exceesding two
pounds in weight, for said analysis, from
| any lot or package of concentrated oom-
mercial feeding stuff which may be in
| the possession of any manufacturer, i'm
| porter. agent or dealer In this State; but
said sample shall be drawn in the pres
ence of said party OF parties in interest,
or their representative, and taken from a
parcel or a number of packages, which
shall not be less than ten Der cent. of the
whole lot sampled, and shall be thorough
| ly Dlixel, and then divided into two
equal samples, and placed in glass yes
sells, and carefully sealed and label
placed on each, stating the name or
brand of the feeding stuff or material
sampled. the name of the PARTY from
whose stock the sample was drawn and
the tue and place of drawing, and
said label shall also be signed by the d.
rector or his deputy and by the party or
parties in interest or their repre- entative
at the drawing and sailing of said sam
pies one Of said duplicate samples shall
be retained by the director and the other
by the party whose stock was sampled
and the sample or samples retained by
the director shall be for comparison with
the certified statement named in section
four of this act. The result of the aDaly
| sis of the sample or samples go procured
! together with such additional informa-
tion as circumstances advise, shall be