The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16

the Auditor at the end of each month
 the number of tags sold during the month
 and all proper debits and credits shall
 be made for and against said Commission
 CT on account of said tags and stamps,
 according to the rules prescribed by the
 Auditor for keeping the said account.
 Sec. B. All tags and stamps remain
 ing in the hands of the Commissioner at
 the end of the year must be destroyed
 in the presence of the Treasurer, Secre- tary of State and Attorney General and
 certificate of these officers showing the
 number of tags and stamps so destroyed,
 and the year for which they were intend- 1 ed, entities the Commissioner to credit
 therefor on his account with the Auditor
 at the face value of the tags and stamps
 so destroyed.
 Sec. g. The Commissioner and the sure- tics on his official bond are liable to the State fer all such tags and stamps not legally accounted for at their face value.
 See To- The Commissioner of Agricul-
 ture and Industries shall have the power to refuse the registration of any mixed feedsrlm unuer a name which would be
 misleading as to the materials of whic 1t Is made up. or when the percentage
 of crude fb1e is above, or the percent
 age Of fat and protein below, the stand
 ard provided for by this Act. Should such
 materials as referred to above be regis
 tered, and 1t is afterward discovered that they are in violation of the above provis- ions, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have the power to
 cancel the registration, and notify the
 ,faF- ested Any manufacturer, importer, job
 Der, agent or seller, who shall sell offer or expose for sale or distribution In this State any mixed feedstuffs. as defined
 ir Section 3, of this Act, without com plying with the requirements of the pre- ccong sections of this Act, who shall
 sell or offer for sale or expose for sale or
 distribution, any mixed feedstuffs which
 contain substantially a smaller percent
 age ol constituents than are certified on the tag, stamp, bag or package in which
 the same is contained. or who shall adul- i tera.e any mixed feedstuff with foreign,
 minela al or other substances, such as rice hulls. rice chaff. peanut shells, ground
 corn cobs, ground beet fibre, ground oat hubs, or other similar materials of little
 or no value, with damaged or moldly
 or rotten corn, or other grain or sub
 stance injurious to the health of domestic
 animals and poultry, except in case of , damaged or moldy feed when not sold ], with personal inspection, written notice being given the purchaser shall be guilty i of a violation of the provisions of this
 Act, and be fined not less than ten dollars
 nor more than twenty-five dollars, and may be imprisoned not exceeding six months for each subsequent offense or ] flied not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Provided that
 nothing in this Section shall prevent the sale of mixed feedstuff within the state 1 coutainrg ground oat hulls and oat ma l terisls which conforms to the standard 1 of Section 1 of this Act
 Sec il. Tho Commissioner of Agricul- l ture and Industries or the municipal or ] county inspectors where appointed elected a"e hereby authorized to have
 collected a sample. not exceeding two 1 pounds In weight for analysis without i notice to manufacturer, importer or job Der at hie discretion or on request of any tuyor of such feedstuff, from any lot par eel CT ps ol<age of mixed feedstuffs, as de- fined in Sec ton of this Act. which may be in the possession of any feeder dealer
 agent, jobber, importer, mixer or man. ufacturer, said samples to be taken from
 not less than ten per cent of the whole 1 lot inspected. and the analysis carefully made by the State Chemist to see that | the gods are benk kept up to standard l certified.
 1 Sec. F. Any manufacturer, mixer, i'm | porter, dealer or other person who shall l impede, obstruct hinder or otherwise pre- | vent or attempt to prevent the county in- | spec tors municipal inspectors or other
 person or persons. acting by authority of
 and under instructions from the Com 1 missioner of Agriculture and of the State 1 in the performance of his duty in collect | ing samples, or otherwise in connection
 with this Act shall be guilty of a misde-
 meanor, and shall upon conviction be | fined not less than ten dollars nor more | than fifty dollars.
 Sec. IA Any violation of the provisions of this Act shall be punishable by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars. or fine and imprisonment, not to exceed six months, except as herein otherwise pro- vided.
 Sec. 141a. To-wit Provided that patent | medicinal preparations. recommended
 solely for curative or medicinal prop
 critics be excepted from the operation of this Act and that this Act be in full force
 and effect on and after December 31st. 1909.
 Provided, further, that no provision of this Act shall prohibit an interstate ship
 per from printing on the bag, package or tag on mixed feed sold in Alabama any additional matter, to that herein speci- fled, necessary to conform to national law, Wn1ch dOeS not annul or HlnlnlZ6 the enacting clauses set out in sections one two, three and ten of this act, provid- ed further that mixed feed formulas pat ented under United States laws are ex- cepted from the operation of this Act other than that they be required to file certified copy of same with the Commis- sioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. Sec. 15. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
 Approved Aug. 26, 1909 Official.
 Frank N. Julian, Secretary of State. No. 144) AN ACT (S. 55.
 To amend section 5765 of the Code of Alabama of 1907. Be 1t enacted by the | Legislature of Alabama, That section 5765 of the Code of Alabama be amended so that the same shall read as follows: 5765. Superintendents of roads by county | commissioners The courts of county commissioners of the several counties are | invested with a general superintendence of the public roads within their respective | counties, and may establish new and | change and discontinue old roads in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall improve and maintain the public roads, bridges and ferries of their respective | counties so as to render travel over the | same as safe and convenient as prac- | tioable. To this end they are given legis- l lative Judicial and executive powers; they | nfoI tov ,.f