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

 under which such article is sold ; the name of the manufacturer ; the place 

 of manufacture; and a chemical analysis, stating the percentage of nitrogen 

 in an available form ; of potash soluble in water and of phosphoric acid in 

 available form (soluble or reverted) and the insoluble phosphoric acid. 



Sec. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for sale, the 

 manufacturer, importer or party who causes it be sold or offered for sale 

 within this State, shall file with the Secretary of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture a certified copy of the analysis and 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. 



Sec. 3. The manufacturer, importer, or agent of any commercial fertil- 

 izer, 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 

 the first day of May, a license fee of twenty dollars for each and every brand 

 of fertilizer he offers for sale in this State : Provided, That whenever the 

 manufacturer or importer shall have paid this license fee his agents shall 

 not be required to do so. 



Sec. 4. All such analyses of commercial fertilizers required by 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. 



Sec. 5. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall publish in 

 his annual report a correct statement of all analyses made and certificates 

 filed in his office, together with a statement of all moneys received for license 

 fees, and expended for analysis. Any surplus from license fees remaining 

 on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the 

 experimental fund of said board. 



Sec. 6. Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any com- 

 mercial 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 con- 

 viction 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 damages sustained by the purchaser of 

 such fertilizer on account of such misrepresentation. 



Sec. 7. The State Board of Agriculture by any duly authorized agent is 

 hereby authorized to select from any package of commercial fertilizer exposed 

 for sale in this State, a quantity, not exceeding two pounds, for a sample, 

 such sample to be used for the purposes of an official analysis and for com- 

 parison with the certificate filed with the Secretary of the State Board of 

 Agriculture and with the certificate affixed to the package on sale. 



Sec. 8. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this act 

 shall be brought under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Approved March 10, 1885. 



