﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageicultuke. 
  953 
  

  

  pounded. 
  Sheriffs 
  of 
  counties 
  are 
  antliorized 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  their 
  

   duty 
  to 
  seize 
  and 
  sell 
  at 
  pnblic 
  sale, 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  

   other 
  package 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  manufactured, 
  imported 
  

   into, 
  or 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  not 
  having 
  securely 
  attached 
  the 
  tag 
  or 
  

   label 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  section; 
  provided, 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  shows 
  

   to 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  the 
  sheriff 
  that 
  such 
  tag 
  or 
  label 
  has 
  been 
  

   attached, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  has 
  become 
  detached, 
  he 
  shall 
  release 
  

   the 
  same 
  without 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  owner. 
  All 
  fertilizer 
  shipped 
  in 
  

   bulk 
  to 
  consumers 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  penalties 
  provided 
  in 
  

   this 
  section 
  upon 
  any 
  attempt 
  to 
  evade 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  such 
  tax. 
  

   (Xo. 
  46, 
  p. 
  131, 
  Laws 
  1895.) 
  

  

  GEOEGIA. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  sell 
  anv 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

   unless 
  the 
  grade 
  of 
  same 
  is 
  branded 
  upon 
  each 
  sack 
  or 
  package 
  

   thereof 
  in 
  letters 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  inch. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  grades 
  of 
  such 
  fertilizers 
  shall 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  three, 
  to 
  

   wit: 
  'High 
  grade', 
  which 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fourteen 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  plant 
  food 
  ; 
  ' 
  standard 
  grade 
  ', 
  Avhicli 
  shall 
  contain 
  

   not 
  less 
  than 
  twelve 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  plant 
  food, 
  and 
  ' 
  low 
  grade 
  ', 
  which 
  

   shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  plant 
  food." 
  This 
  act 
  

   takes 
  effect 
  August 
  1, 
  1898. 
  (Xo. 
  358, 
  p. 
  115, 
  Laws 
  1897.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  amends 
  section 
  1 
  of 
  No. 
  358, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1897, 
  by 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  the 
  word 
  "'complete" 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  shall 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   " 
  That 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   to 
  sell 
  anv 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  unless 
  the 
  same 
  

   is 
  branded 
  upon 
  each 
  sack 
  or 
  package 
  thereof 
  in 
  letters 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  one 
  inch; 
  provided, 
  that 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  construed 
  as 
  

   applying 
  to 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  and 
  German 
  kainit 
  and 
  muriate 
  of 
  

   potash; 
  and 
  that 
  said 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  take 
  effect 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  

   August, 
  1899." 
  (Xo. 
  170, 
  p. 
  100, 
  Laws 
  1898.) 
  

  

  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  appoint 
  inspectors. 
  

   (LaAvs 
  1890, 
  p. 
  142.) 
  

  

  