Official Document, No. 6. 



AN ACT 

 To regulate the manufacture and sale cf ccrr.mcrciul (crl:i!:crs. 



Section 1. lie it enacted, &v.., Thai cvciy jin(lc;^;;c' of conniicrcial 

 fertilizer sold, ol't'ered, or oxjioscJ lor sale, lor maaiiiiai iiui[)Oses, 

 within this Commonweallli, sliall iuivf jJaialy i-itainptd ilu'jecn the 

 name of the manufacturer, ilu- |,1. •.;.•',* oi" ip.aiiufact'.nr, Xhv net wi'iglit 

 of its contents, and an ar.al\>is SbUiliiii; \\nt |.crt v'iiLa<;e lliLMein con- 

 tained of uih'Ogeu in an avail. iblc forin, cf poLash soluble in watcj-, of 

 soluble and reverted pliosphoi ic aiid a.iul cf in.soluLle pliosj-horic 

 acid: Provided, That any comnicnial fcitilizer s(.hi, oTercil, or ex- 

 posed for sale, which shall contain none of the above r.aiacd con.stiLu- 

 ents shall be exempt fiom the picvif inns cf this act. 



Section 2. That every manufacturer or importer of corjiucrcirJ fer- 

 tilizers as specified in section one of this act shall, en or befv^re ihe 

 first day of January next ensuing, or before olTcring them for sale 

 in this Commonwealth, file annr.ally with the Secretary of Aj,nii-ul- 

 ture an affidavit showing the amount of said fertilizer sold within 

 the Commonwealth during the last preceding year; and if the said 

 amount shall be one hundred tons or less, he shall pay to the Treas- 

 urer of the State the sum of fifteen dollars for each and every brand 

 of such commercial fertilizer sold v.ithin the State during the last 

 preceding year; and if the said amor.nt sliall exceed one hundred 

 to'ns, and be less than five hundred tons, lie or tliey shall pay the 

 sum of twenty dollars, as aforesaid; and if the said amount shall be 

 five hundred tons or more, he or they shall pay the sum of thirty dol- 

 lars, as aforesaid. If such manufacturer or manufacturers, importer 

 or importers, shall not have made any sales within the Common- 

 wealth during the preceding year, he or they shall pay the sum of 

 fifteen dollars, as aforesaid. Every said manufacturer shall, at the 

 same time, file with the Secretary of Agricultr.re a copy of the analy- 

 sis required by section one (f Ihi.-^ act, and shall then be enlitlrd (o 

 receive from the Secretary of Agriculture a certificate showing tl:at 

 the provisions of this act have been complied with. 



Section 3. The Secretaiy of Aj;'. i( ulture is hereby cm] ov/rrrd to 

 collect samples of commcrchi! fn lilizers, (ithcr in person or ly his 

 duly qualified agent or rcprcsi'iiiaiivo, and to liave them analyzed, 

 and to publish the results for tlic information of the public. 



Section 4. The Secretary of Agriculture, and such assistants, 

 agents, experts, chemists, detectives and counsel as he shall duly au- 



(C.3) 



