The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

of Birmingham as herein provided shall have affixed thereto or stamped thereon or attached thereto in some manner the tag or stamp, or both the tag and stamps as provided and required by general law,
 and as required by the state auditor and the state commissioner of agriculture and
 industries.
 Sec. 5. That any manufactures, im- porter, jobber, agent or seller, who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or distribution in the city of Birming- ham any mixed feedstuffs as defined in this ordinance, without complying
 with the requirement. of this ordinance or who shall sell or offer for sale or expose for sale or distribution any mixed feedstuffs which contain sub stantially smaller percentage of con- stituents that are certified on the tag, stamp, bag or package in which the same Is contained or who shall adul l terate any mixed feedstuffs with for | eign, mineral or other substances, such as rice hulls, rice chaff, peanut shells, ground corn cobs, ground beet fiber, | ground oat hulls or other similar ma | terials of little or no value or with | damaged or moulded or rotten corn or other grain or substance, injurious to the health of domestic animals and poultry. except in case of damaged or moulded feed when not sold with per sonal inspections, written notice being given to purchaser, shall be guilty of violation of this ordinance and shall upon conviction be punished as pro 1 vided by and in section S06 of the city code. Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the sale of mixed feedstuffs containing ground oat hulls and oat materials which conform to the standard required by section 1 oi this ordinance.
 Sec. 6. That the state commissioner | of agriculture and industries or any person designated by him tor the mu- nicipal or county inspectors when such officers shall have been appointed Q | elected) are hereby authorized to col | feet or have collected a sample not | exceeding two pounds in weight for analysis without notice to manufact- urer, importer or jobber at his dis | cretion or on request of any buyer or such feedstuff from any lot, parcel
 or package of mixed feedstuff as de-
 fined in section 2 of this ordinance
 which may be in the possession of any | feeder, dealer. agent, jobber, import | CT, mixer or manufacturer, said sample to be taken from not less than 10 per cent of the whole lot inspected and the analysis carefully made by tn state chemist to see that the goods
 are being kept up to the certified stan- dard.
 That any manufacturer. mixer, i'm | porter, dealer or other person who shall | impede, obstruct hinder or otherwise
 prevent or attempt to prevent any of | fcer, agent, inspector or other person
 acting by authority of and under in
 structions from the state commission CT of agriculture and industries in the
 performance of his duty In collecting
 samples, shall upon conviction, be pun
 ished as provided by and in section
 sos of the city code.
 | Sec T. That any person. firm or cor poration who violates any of the pro-
 visions of this ordinance shall be pun ished upon conviction as provided by
 and in section Soe of the city code, pro-
 vided that patent medicinal prepara-
 tions recommended solely for curative
 or medicinal properties be excepted
 from the operation of this ordinance
 Provided, further. that no provision o1
 this ordinance shall prohibit an inter
 state shipper from printing on the bag
 package or tag on mixed feed sold in
 the city of Birmingham any additional matter to that herein certified neces- | sary to conform to national law, which does not annul or minimize the pro-
 visions of sections i, 2. and of this ordinance; provided further that mixed
 feed formulas patented under United | States laws are excepted from the op-
 eration of this ordinance. except that
 they are required to file certified copy
 of same with the state commissioner oi
 agriculture and industries.
 Adopted March 2. 1910.
 H. E. SHROPSHIRE, JR., City Clerk.
 Approved March 3, 1910.
 FRANK P. O'BRIEN Mayor. | Are-Herald. March 4 1q10