The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
AN ACT
JOHN PURIFOY,
 Secretary of State,

AN ACT
 No. 697) GIT. S66 Smith of Crenshaw To amend sections g. 10 and Il of an act
 approved March 9, 1911 to provide for
 and regulate the manufacture and sale
 of commercial feeding stuffs in Ala
 bama: to further provide for the reg
 istration, tagging, sampling and an-
 alyZing commercial feeding stuffs; and
 to fix penalties for violations of this
 act.
 Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala
 bama, that sections 3, 10 and II of an
 act approved March 9, 1911, Ito provide
 for and regulate the manufacture and
 sale of commercial feeding stuffs in
 Alabama to further provide for the
 registration, tagging and sampling,
 analyzing commercial feeding stuffs; ,
 and to fix penalties for violations of
 this act" be amended so as to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 3. Before any manufacturer. im- porter, jobber, firm association, corpo- ration or person shall sell, offer or ex- pose for sale or distribution in this state any commercial feeding stuff, he or they shall file with the commissioner of az rieulture and industries a certified copy of the Statement specified in section 2 of this act for each brand of commercial feeding stuff, said certified copy to be accompanied by fee of $2 for each brand offered for registration, and it is further provided that said brand shall be registered each fiscal year, and that the guaranteed analysis of no brand be lowered during the fiscal year for which same is registered or any subsequent registration unless the brand name is changed
 Sec 10. Any manufacturer, importer, jobber, firm, association, corporation or person who shall sell offer or expose for sale or distribute in this state, any commercial feeding stuffs without hay ing attached thereto or furnish there with such tax stamps, labels. or tags as required by the provisions of this act who shall use the required stamps. labels or tags a second time, or use a counterfeit of such tax stamps, labels or tags. or who shall impede. ob- struct hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent said commissioner of agriculture and industries, or who shall sell. offer or expose for sale or dis tribute in this state any commercial feeding stuffs as defined in section of this act without complying with the requirements of the provisions of this act, or who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or distribute in this state any commercial feeding stuffs as defined in section 1 of this act which contains d. smaller percentum of crude protein or crude fat or a larger percentum of crude fibre than isA certified to be contained therein or who shall fail to properly state the specific name of each and ev- cry ingredient used in it's manufacture, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and not less than five hundred dollars ($5O0) for each subse- quent violation. and may also be im- prisoned in the county Jail for pe- riod not exceeding six months. Any manufacturer, importer, jobber, firm, as- socation, corporation person who shall adulterate any commercial feeding stuffs with cob meal, rice hulls, peanut hulls, or any substance or substances ln- furious to the health of live stock or poultry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition to the penalty provided in this section, the lot of feedstuffs shall be subject to seizure, condemna- tion and sale as the court may direct; the proceeds from such sale to be cov- cred into the state treasury. The court may in it's discretion release the feeding stuffs so seized when the requirements of the provisions of this act have been complied with, and upon payment Of all the costs and expenses incurred by the state in any proceedings connected with seizure.
 Sec. H. The commissioner of agricul- ture and industries is hereby empowered to enforce the provisions of this act and to prescribe the forms of tags, stamps or labels to be used to show that the tag or stamp tax or fee has been paid: but DO stamp, tag or label shall be used or authorized by him un- til and after the same has been copy lighted according to the laws of the nd h., cl,. prescribe and enforce such rules and reg ulations relating to the sale of conner cal feedstuffs as he may deem neces- sary to carry out the provisions of this act and, in order to carry into effect the full intent and meaning Of this act, the commissioner of agriculture and in- dustries is hereby authorized to appoint a special food drug and feed clerk. at a salary of s1SOO per annum, two pure food and drug inspectors who shall re- ceive a salary of $100 each per month and who shall be allowed actual trav- cling and necessary expenses not to ex- ceed s10O per month, and whose duties shall be. in addition to inspecting pure foods and drugs and collecting samples and looking after such other matters as he may be required to under the pro- visions of this act. shall also when re- orested or directed by the commissioner of agriculture and industries inspect and collect samples of fertilizer or fer tilizer materials or ingredients and all other such duties as may be required of them by the commissioner of agri- culture and industries in the department of agriculture and industries or any part ol branch thereof. The salary of the special pure food, drug and feed clerk and each of said two inspectors and all expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the funds arising from the registra- ton, from the sale of tags or stamps and fines under this act All monies aris- ing under the provisions of this act shall be payable to the commissioner or agriculture and industries and shall be by him paid daily into the state treas ury. and the salaries and expenses in cured shall be paid as other salaries