46 STATE BOARD OF A(iRICULTURE. 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



saieof feitii- ^'iib- Acts, 1885, No. 26, p. 20. Section 1. The Pe(yple of the 

 pHOT ' '^'"*'"" >^tate of Mirldgan enact. That any person or persons who shall sell 

 or offer for sale in this State an}' commercial fertilizer, the retail 

 jirice of which exceeds ten dollars per ton, shall affix on the outside 

 Packages, i.ow of everj package containing such fertilizer a plainly printed certifi- 

 cate, stating the number of net pounds therein ; the name or trade 

 mark under which such article is sold ; the name of the manufac- 

 turer ; the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis, stating 

 the percentage of nitrogen in an available form; of potash soluble 

 in water, and of pliosphoric acid in an available form (soluble or 

 reverted) and the insoluble phosphoric acid. 

 File anaiysiP, S?:c. 2. Beforc any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for 

 tory board^of "^ salc, the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold 

 agriculture. ^j. offered for sale within this State, shall file with the secretary of 

 the State boaxd of agricultiire a certified copy of the analysis and 

 Sample. Certificate referred to in section one, and shall also deposit with 



said secretary a sealed glass jar containing not less than two pounds 

 of such fertilizer, with an affidavit that it is a fair sample of the 

 article thus to be sold or offered for sale. 

 License fee. Sj;c. 3. The manufacturer, importer, or agent of any commer- 



cial fertilizer, the retail price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton 

 as aforesaid, shall pay annually to the secretary of the State board 

 of agriculture, on or before tlie first day of May, a license fee of 

 I wenty dollars for each and every brand of fertilizer he offers for 

 Proviso. sale in this State : Provided, That whenever the manufacturer or 



imjMtrter shall have paid this license fee his agents shall not be 

 required to do so 

 Analyses, by Si:c. 4. All such analyses of commercial fertilizers required by 



^dThTn""^ this act shall be made under the direction of the State board of 

 agriculture and paid for out of the funds arising from the license 

 fees provided for in section three. At least one analysis of each 

 fertilizer shall be made annually, 

 statemeut of, Seo. 5. The sccrctarv of the State board of agriculture shall 



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boarTof agX'^^ }>ublish in his annual report a correct statement of all analyses 

 culture. made and certificates filed in his office, together with a statement 



of all moneys received for license fees, and expended for analysis. 

 Surplus fees. Any surplus froui liccnse fees remaining on hand at the close of 

 the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the experimental fund 

 of said board. 

 Penalty for non- Sec. 6. Auy j)erson or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any 

 compliance. commercial fertilizer in this State without first complying with the 

 provisions of sections one, two, and three of this act, or who shall 

 attach or cause to be attached to any such package of fertilizer an 

 analysis stating that it contains a larger percentage of any one or 

 more of the constituents or ingredients named in section one of 

 this act than it really does contain, shall upon conviction thereof 

 be fined not less than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and 

 not less than three hundred dollars for every subsequent offense, 

 and the offender shall also be liable for all damages sustained by 

 the purcbaser of such fertilizer on account of such misrepre- 

 sentation. 



