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accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly 

 certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in a package, 

 the name, brand or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, 

 the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the place 

 of manufacture, and a chemical analyses stating the percentage 

 of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, of potash soluble in 

 distilled water and of phosphoric acid soluble in distilled water 

 and reverted, as well as the total phosphoric acid. Fertilizers 

 composed of other and cheaper materials, shall bear labels giving 

 a correct general statement of the composition and ingredients 

 thereof. 



Sec. 4349. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price 

 of which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, or exposed for 

 sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it to be 

 sold, or offers it for sale, shall file with the director of the agri- 

 cultural experiment station a certified copy of the statement re- 

 quired by the preceding section, and shall also deposit with said 

 di rector, at his request, a sealed jar, glass or bottle containing 

 not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied by an affi- 

 davit that it is a fair average sample thereof. 



Sec. 4350. The manufacturer, importer or agent of a com- 

 mercial fertilizer or material used for manurial purposes, the retail 

 price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall, before the 

 fertilizer is offered for sale, obtain a license from the state treas- 

 urer, countersigned by the director of the agricultural experiment 

 station, authorizing the sale of the same in the state and shall 

 securely affix to each barrel, bag or other package of fertilizer the 

 word " Licensed," with the date of the license. The manufac- 

 turer, importer or agent obtaining such license shall pay to the 

 state one hundred dollars for the same and the license shall ex- 

 pire on the thirty-first day of December of the year for which it 

 is issued. One license shall cover all brands manufactured by 

 one party. 



Sec. 4351. Manufacturers and importers of a commercial 

 fertilizer sold or offered for sale, the retail price of which is ten 

 dollars or more per ton, shall, before such fertilizer is sold, or 

 exposed for sale, file with the state treasurer a bond, with sure- 

 ties residing within the state satisfactory to said treasurer, in the 

 sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the state and condi- 

 tioned for the payment of fine and costs imposed on such manu- 

 facturers and importers for violating the provisions of this chap- 

 ter, and such bond shall be renewed from time to time, as the 

 state treasurer requires. 



Sec. 4352. No person shall sell, or expose for sale, any 

 pulverized leather in any form, as a fertilizer, or as an ingredient 

 thereof, without an explicit printed certificate of the fact conspic- 

 uously affixed to each package. 



