Title 290, WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS

Sec. 4. All such analyses of liming materials required by this act shall be made under the director of agriculture and paid for out of the funds arising from the license fees provided for in section 3. At least 1 analysis of each liming material shall be made annually.

Sec. 5. Any surplus from license fees collected under section 3 remaining at the close of the fiscal year must be deposited in the general fund.

Sec. 6. Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any liming material in this state without first complying with the provisions of sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, or who shall attach or cause to be attached to any such package of liming material an analysis stating …

Sec. 7. The director of agriculture by any duly authorized agent is hereby authorized to select from any package of liming material exposed for sale in this state a quantity not exceeding 2 pounds, for a sample, such sample to be used for the purpose of an official analysis and f…

Sec. 8. The director of agriculture shall enforce this act.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan ginseng act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Buy" means to purchase, trade, or barter, or to offer to purchase, trade, or barter. (b) "Collect" means the harvest of wild ginseng. (c) "Collector" means a person who collects wild ginseng. (d) "Cultivated ginseng" means ginseng growing or grow…

Sec. 5. (1) The director shall establish and administer a ginseng management program to promote the production and harvest of cultivated ginseng and the legal collection of wild ginseng, if allowed, and to prohibit acts detrimental to the survival of the indigenous ginseng popula…

Sec. 7. (1) The director may inspect any ginseng sold, held, or transported in this state. A person shall not resist agents of the department who request to inspect ginseng. A person shall not hinder a ginseng inspection by misrepresenting or concealing facts. (2) The director sh…

Sec. 8. (1) A grower or collector shall obtain a ginseng certificate from the director certifying that ginseng harvested or collected in this state that is entering commerce or is being exported from this state was legally harvested or collected. (2) Until a ginseng certificate i…

Sec. 9. (1) Ginseng plants or plant parts sold for propagation shall not be regarded as harvested or collected and are exempt from the certification requirement of this act. (2) Live ginseng plants or plant parts, except seed, for propagation shall not be transported or sold with…

Sec. 11. A grower selling cultivated ginseng shall do all of the following: (a) Provide a record of sale containing all of the following information to a purchaser: (i) Grower's name and address. (ii) Grower's license number and ginseng certificate number. (iii) Dry weight. (iv) …

Sec. 13. (1) A person may only collect wild ginseng if, and to the extent, authorized by the director of the department of natural resources. (2) If the collection of wild ginseng is authorized, a collector shall do all of the following: (a) Obtain a permit from the department of…

Sec. 15. (1) A grower shall be licensed by the department and pay a $25.00 annual license fee. A grower's license expires annually on August 14. A person shall not sell or distribute cultivated ginseng unless licensed by the department. (2) A dealer shall be licensed by the depar…

Sec. 17. A dealer shall not do any of the following: (a) Buy or otherwise acquire uncertified ginseng without written authorization from the director. (b) Buy, acquire, or sell ginseng without creating and maintaining an accurate record of all of the following information: (i) Se…

Sec. 19. (1) A grower or dealer shall submit all cultivated and wild ginseng in the grower's or dealer's possession for weighing annually on March 31. The director shall record separately the weight of the certified and uncertified ginseng submitted. Future export certification o…

Sec. 21. A grower, collector, or dealer shall not provide a purchaser with a record of sale for more ginseng than is actually sold or otherwise exchanged.

Sec. 23. A record required under this act shall be retained for 2 years after the ginseng documented is sold, conveyed, or otherwise exchanged. A record shall be available for inspection by the director at all reasonable hours.

Sec. 27. A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Harvest, collect, or transport ginseng without documentation evidencing ownership or control of the property from which the ginseng was harvested or collected, or written authorization from a land manager, landowner, author…

Sec. 29. (1) A person who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the following penalties: (a) If the person was acting as a dealer in violation of this act, for a first offense, the person shall be fined not less than $…

Sec. 31. (1) After notice and opportunity for hearing, upon finding that a person has violated this act or a rule promulgated under this act, the director may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation. If a violation of this act or a rule promulg…

Sec. 1. Standard log rule. The international log rule, based upon 1/4 inch saw kerf, as expressed in the formula (D2 x 0.22)—0.71 D) x 0.904762 for 4 foot sections (D represents top diameter of log in inches; taper allowance, 1/2 inch per 4 feet lineal), is hereby adopted as the …

Sec. 1. The standard grades for table stock potatoes shall be limited to U.S. extra number 1 grade, U.S. number 1 grade, U.S. commercial grade, and U.S. number 2 grade and unclassified, and shall conform in all respects and be identical with the latest standards established by th…

Sec. 2. The following terms, wherever used in this act, or in rules and regulations later promulgated by the commissioner of agriculture, shall have the meaning as indicated: 1. "Mature" means that the outer skin (epidermis) does not loosen or "feather" readily during the ordinar…

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, organization, or corporation or agent, representative or assistant of any person, firm, association, organization or corporation, to pack for sale, expose for sale, or sell, transport, deliver or consign, or have in …

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, organization or corporation or agent, representative or assistant to any person, firm, association, organization or corporation, to expose for sale, or sell, transport, deliver or consign, or have in possession potat…

Sec. 5. Potatoes held in storage or in transit which at the time of inspection show deterioration or decay but are otherwise up to the grade declared shall be inspected as to condition and not as to grade.

Sec. 6. When it is deemed necessary by the person making inspection to procure a sample or samples of potatoes, the person in charge of the place where inspection is made must permit the same to be obtained upon being tendered the commercial value of the stock being procured. In …

Sec. 7. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby charged with the enforcement of this act and is given power unto himself and his inspectors to enter into and upon any premises where potatoes are graded or packed or stored to inspect the same as to grade, pack and condition. The…

Sec. 8. The commissioner of agriculture may promulgate rules and regulations deemed necessary to the proper enforcement of the provisions of this act.

Sec. 9. The intent and purpose of this act is to regulate the sale of potatoes for table use intended for intra-state and inter-state commerce when such sale is made by the grower, dealer or distributor, or any other person either by wholesale or retail or in any other manner: Pr…

Sec. 11. The word "person" as used herein, shall be construed to include any grower, dealer, shipper, corporation, society, association or their agent or representative. The act, omission or failure to act of any official or employe of any person, when such official or employe is…

Sec. 12. Whosoever violates this act by not grading potatoes as herein required, or by not stenciling or branding containers as herein required or by removing any department notices placed upon said containers or by removing or altering any stencils or brands placed upon or attac…

Sec. 1. That whenever wheat, rye, shelled corn, corn on the cob, corn meal, oats, buckwheat, beans, clover seed, timothy seed, flax seed, hemp seed, millet seed, blue grass seed, red top seed, barley, dried apples, dried peaches, potatoes, potatoes (sweet), onions, turnips, peas,…

Sec. 1. The Washburn and Moen gauge is hereby declared to be the standard gauge for testing galvanized wire fence within this state.

Sec. 2. The following test as to quality of galvanizing is hereby declared to be the standard test of the galvanizing of such fence within this state. The wire shall be thoroughly cleansed with a solution of soap, using a soft cloth or cotton waste. It shall then be immersed in a…

Sec. 3. The different grades of galvanized wire fence, as determined by the test provided by section 2 of this act, are hereby declared to be the standard grades of such fence within this state.

Sec. 4. Any manufacturer or dealer manufacturing or selling galvanized wire fence, whether such fence is manufactured within or without this state, shall, after complying with the provisions of this act, be permitted to attach to each and every bundle of such fence the tag or lab…

Sec. 5. Before any person shall attach any tag or label specified in section 6 of this act to any galvanized wire fence to be sold or offered for sale within this state, he shall file with the secretary of the state board of agriculture a certified copy of each variety of tag or …

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the state board of agriculture to test all samples of galvanized wire fence submitted to them for that purpose and to determine whether such fence is of the standard gauge and grades provided in this act. If they shall find such fence to be of such…

Sec. 7. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any galvanized wire fence tagged or labeled with the tag or label prescribed in section 6 of this act without having the same tested as prescribed in this act and without paying the required fee and procuring the certificate pro…

Sec. 8. The state board of agriculture, by any duly authorized agent, may take from any bundle of galvanized wire fence so tagged and labeled and which is being offered for sale in this state, a sample of such fence not exceeding 12 inches in length, the same to be measured along…

Sec. 9. The secretary of the state board of agriculture shall publish in his annual report a correct statement of all tests made under this act, together with a statement of all moneys received from fees and the amount of the same expended in making such tests. All expenses incur…

Sec. 10. The provisions of this act shall not take effect until January 1, 1916.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "agricultural commodities marketing act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Agricultural commodity" means all agricultural, aquacultural, silvicultural, horticultural, floricultural, or viticultural products, livestock or livestock products, Christmas trees, bees, maple syrup, honey, commercial fish or fish products, and…