Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

place any of the birds mentioned in this
| section, in close time, nor In open season
unless open to view, tagged and plainly
| labeled with the owners name ana res
idence and accompanied by him. unless
tagged in accordance with section twenty
six of this chapter, under the same pen
atty.
sIch bird or birds, who, to aid another in
transportation falsely repra sents him.
self to be The owner thereof, shall be liza
BILE to the same penalty; nor shall any
person or corporation carry or transport
at any one time more than fifteen of any
one variety Of the birds above mentioned
as the property Of one person, under the
same penalty: and it shall be unlawful
catch, kill or destroy the capercailzle, or
cock of the woods, so called, black game,
so called, or any species or the pheasant,
except rl'ed grouse aSt or par fr nnder
Tense
Approved March PSI
Chapter $50.
An Act to regulate the Sale and Analysis
of Concentrated Commercial Feeding
Stuffs.
Section 1. Every package of any con-
centrated commercial feeding stuff, as de-
nned in section three of this act, uSeu
for feeding farm live stock sold, offered
or exposed for sale in this state, shall
have affixed thereunto, in 20 conspicuous
place on the outside thereof, a plainly
printed statement clearly and truly GER
tifying the number of net pounds in the
package, the name, brand or trade mark
under which the article is sold, the name
and address of the manufacturer or inn
porter, and chemical analysis stating
,he per centage of crude protein, allow
ing one per cent of nitrogen to equal
six and one~fourth per cent of protein,
and of crude fat it contains, both con-
stituents TO be determined by the
methods adopted at the time by the as
Soclation OF official agricultural chemists
III the feeding stuff is sold in hnllx
put up in packages belonging to the pur-
chaser, the agent OF, dealer shall, upon
request of the purchaser, furnish MIN
with the certified statement named in
This section.
Section 2. The term concentrated COM
meTcial feeding stuff, as here used shall
not include hays and StraWS, the whole
seeds nor the unIniXed meals made di-
rectly from the entire grains of wheat,
rye, barley. oats, Indian corn, buckwheat
ana broom corn. Neither shall it include
wheat, rye ana buckWheat brans or mid
diin2s. not mixed with other substances.
but sold separately, as distinct articles
OF commerce, nor wheat bran and mid
diings mixed together, nor pure grains
ground together.
Section j. The term concentrated com
mercial feeding stuff, as here used, shall
include lnseed meals, cottonseed meals
cpttonseed leeds, pea meals, cocoanut
meals gluten meals, gluten feeds, maize
brewers grains. dried distillers grains
malt sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine
reeds, rice meals, cat Feeds. corn and oat
chops, corn and cat feeds, corn bran.
ground beef or fish scraps, condimentai
foods, poultry foods, stock foods.
patented proprietary or trade marked
other than those composed solely of
wheat bran and middings mixed to.
SetheT, or pure grains ground together,
ana all other materials of similar nature
not included in section two of this act
Section 4. There shall be annually an
propriated from the state treasury the
sum of one thousand dollars in favor of
me treasurer Of the Maine Agricultural
experiment Station, the same, or such
portion thereof as is found necessary. to
pc expended by said experiment station
IA the analysis of concentrated CONNER
rial feeding stufts.
,Secfion D., SO much of the appropria-
aen granted under this act shall be paid
oF the state treasurer to the treasurer of
said experiment station as the director
jf sad station may show by his bills
mas peen expended in performing the
meat 70 be made quarterly upon the
order OF the governor and council, who
tae hereby directed to draw the order Tor
slch purpose. The director shall an
nualiy publish statement of the receipts
ana expenditures under this act
section q. Whoever shall sell, offer or
expose Tor sale or for distribution i'm this
state any concentrated commerciaT feed
ng stuii as defined in section three of
THIS act. without complying with the
requirements of section one of this act.
Jf any Ieedlng stuff which. contains sub
Stanuaily a smaller percentage OF con-
sutuentS than are certified TO be con-
tanned snail, on conviction in a court OF
itea OF jurisdiction, be fined not more
eltll one hundred dollars for the first Of
lence, ana not more than two hundred
iouals for each subsequent offence.
Sectl9h e. The director of the Maino
Agricultural Experiment Station shall
lnnuiilly analyze, or cause to be analyzed
IL least one sample of every concentrated
commercial feeding stuff sold or offered
nn6pr ia Of IA.
'ald director Is hereby authorized and d.
'ected IN person or by deputy to take a
sample not exceeding two pounds in
weight, for said analysis, from any LOT
)r package of concentrated commercial
eeding STUFF which may be in the possess
non OF any manufacturer, importer, agent
u dealer IN TINS state; said sample should
'e placed in a suitable jar or bottle tight
y closed and a LABEL placed thereon, stat
ng the name or brand of the feeding stuff
n material sampled, the name of the par.
y from whose stock the sample was
irawn and the time and place of drawing.
md said label shall also be signed by the
director or his deputy; provided, however,
hat when so requested said sample shall
e taken in duplicate in the presence of
he party or parties. in interest or their
representatives, in which case one of said
duplicate samples shall be retained by
he director and the other by the party
whose stock was sampled. The sample
n samples retained by the director shall
,e Tor comparison with the certified state
nent named in section one of this act
me result OF the analysis OF the sample
n samples so procured, together with such
Information as circumstances
ldvise, shall be published in reports or
bulletins from TIME to time.
Section 8. Any person who shall adu!-
crate any whole or ground grain with
Milling or manufactured osrals, or with
my foreign substance whatever, or any
ran or middliEgs made from the several
rains with any foreign substance what
Yer, for the purpose of sale, unless the
rue composition, mixture or adulteration
hereof is plainly marked or indicated
ipon the packages containing the same,
IT in which it is offered fof sale; or any
person who sells or offers for sale any
whole or ground grain, bran or middlings
which have been so aduiterated unless
he true composition, mixture or adultera-
ion is plainly marked or indicated upon
he package containing the same, or in
which 1t is offered for sale, shall on con-
fiction in a court of competent jurisdic-
ion De fined not more than one hundred
dollars for the first offence, and not more
han two hundred dollars for each SUISSE
uent offence.
Section g. Whenever the directors of the
daine Agricultural Experiment Station
'econe cognizant of the violation of any
# the provisions of this act he shall
orthwith report such violation to the
of agriculture, and said
shall prosecute the party or
Iarties thus reported. But there shall be
10 prosecution in relation to the quality
f any concentrated commercial feeding
tiff if the same shall be found in its con-