Chap. 313.—An ACT to license and regulate the sale and inspection of condi-
mental stock and poultry foods and powders intended for domestic ani
mals and poultry.

Approved March 17, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the dairy
and food commissioner shall cause to be collected from time to time, and
under the rules and regulations to he prescribed by him, with the ap-
proval of the board of agriculture and immigration in accordance with
the provisions of this act, samples of condimental stock and poultry foods
and powders, and patented, proprietary or trade-marked stock and poultry
foods or powders, for which a nutritive value combined with a medicinal
property is claimed, or for which either a nutritive or a medicinal prop:
erty is claimed, or which is intended as an alterative or tonic for horses
cattle, swine or poultry, and which are exposed or offered for sale in thi
State, and shall cause same to be analyzed and examined microscopically
or otherwise by the chemists or other experts of the department of agri-
culture and immigration, and he is hereby authorized to make such pub-
lication of the results of the examinations, analyses, and so forth, as he
may deem proper; and for the proper execution of the provisions of this
act the dairy and food commissioner shall, with the approval of the com-
missioner and the board, make such appointments as may be necessary,
and the board shall fix the compensation of such appointees.

2. Before any manufacturer, company, person or persons shall sell,
offer or expose for sale any condimental stock and poultry food or pow-
ders, he or they shall for each and every brand of condimental stock and
poultry foods or powders, and for each brand of patented, proprietary or
trade-marked stock and poultry foods or powders for which a nutritive
value combined with a medicinal property is claimed, or for which either
a nutritive or a medicinal property is claimed or which is intended
as an alterative or tonic for horses, cattle, swine or poultry, make applica-
tion to the dairy and food comimssioner for license for the sale of same,
and shall pay annually to the dairy and food commissioner at the time of
making application to sell, a license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for
each and every brand of condimental foods and powders he or they may
desire to offer for sale in this State. The dairy and food commissioner
shall issue, on receipt of the proper application and license fee or fees a
license granting the right to sell in this State, the article or articles so
licensed, which license shall terminate on the last day of the calendar year
in which issued. The money collected for license fees under the pro-
visions of this act shall be paid into the State treasury, and be used to
help defray the expenses of the office of the dairy and food commissioner,
in addition to the regular appropriation therefor.

2a. Whenever a manufacturer, importer, agent or jobber of any condi-
mental stock or poultry food or powders, described in section two of this
act, shall have paid the license fee or fees provided therein, no agent or
seller of such manufacturer, importer or jobber shall be required to pay
such fee.

3. The dairy and food commissioner shall have the power to decline
to issue a license, or to declare forfeited a license already granted for the
sale of such condimental stock and poultry foods or powders as are de-
scribed in section one, if each package of said foods and powders are not
labeled in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
dairy and food commissioner, with the approval of the board of agricul-
ture and immigration, or if such foods and powders contain any substance
or substances which may prove deleterious or harmful when used for the
purpose or purposes for which they are recommended.

4. That any manufacturer, company, person or persons who shall
violate any of the provisions of the foregoing section two of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense shall be fined twenty
dollars ($20.00) for the first offense, and not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each subsequent offense, or be imprisoned not exceeding three
(3) months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court,
und such fine, less legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the treasury
of the State.

5. This act shall take effect six months after its passage.