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his inspection, and the analysis made by him, and furnish to the secretary 

 of said Board such imiwrtant information in regard to commercial fertil- 

 izers as he shall from time to time obtain. 



Sect. 5. The fee of the State Inspector of Fertilizers shall be twenty- 

 five dollars for each analysis made by him or under his direction, and 

 travelling expenses, to be paid from the treasury of the Commonwealth 

 on the certificate of the State Board of Agriculture; provided that no 

 larger sum shall be paid for such services each year than is paid into 

 the treasury of the State for license-fees as provided in Sect. 2. 



Sect. 6. It shall be the duty of said inspector, upon ascertaining 

 any violation of this act, to forthwith inform the manufacturer and 

 secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, in writing, thereof; and it 

 shall be the duty of said secretary to immediately institute proceedings 

 against all parties violating this act. 



Sect. 7. The license requii-ed by Sect. 2 shall be issued by the sec- 

 retary of the Commonwealth in the manner provided by chapter three 

 hundred and thirty-one of the Acts of the year one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and seventy. 



Sect. 8. Chapters two hundred and six and three hmidred and sev- 

 enty-eight of the Acts of the year one tliousand eight hundred and seventy- 

 fom- are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 

 Approved May 15, 1878. 



The princii^al changes introduced into the new laws, as 

 compared with those of previous years, may be summed up 

 as follows : — 



Firsts To subject, as far as practicable, a large class of 

 cheaper fertilizers to the regulations of the trade by making 

 twelve dollars per ton the limit. 



Second., To oblige all manufacturers of fertilizers contain- 

 ing phosphoric acid to make a 7nore conspicuous distinction in 

 their analytical statements between phosphoric acid soluble 

 in water and the so-called reduced or reverted phosphoric acid, 

 soluble in a solution of citrate of ammonia, rendering, thereby, 

 the comparative commercial and agricultural value of different 

 brands of fertilizers more p)rominent. 



Third, To reduce the expenses for licenses in those cases 

 where a manufacturer offers more than one brand of a fertil- 

 izer for sale in the general market. 



Fourth, To make dealers strictly responsible for the sale 

 of unlicensed articles used for fertilizing purposes. The 

 effect of these changes, it is confidently hoped, will work for 

 the benefit of all parties concerned. 



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