﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  957 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  inspected, 
  the 
  said 
  tags 
  to 
  have 
  printed 
  thereon 
  the 
  word 
  

   ^^ 
  Guaranteed," 
  with 
  the 
  vear 
  or 
  season 
  in 
  which 
  thev 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   used, 
  and 
  a 
  fac 
  simile 
  of 
  the 
  signature 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner, 
  

   and 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  is 
  required 
  for 
  a 
  sufHcient 
  number 
  

   of 
  tags 
  to 
  tag 
  a 
  ton 
  of 
  such 
  commercial 
  fertilizer. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  

   duty 
  of 
  persons 
  selling 
  fertilizers 
  to 
  cause 
  such 
  tags 
  to 
  be 
  attached 
  

   and 
  a 
  penalty 
  is 
  fixed 
  for 
  selling 
  fertilizers 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   tagged, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  penalty 
  for 
  counterfeiting 
  said 
  tags. 
  

   Packages 
  containing 
  fertilizer, 
  etc., 
  are 
  to 
  have 
  printed 
  on 
  them 
  

   the 
  j)ercentage 
  of 
  valuable 
  ingredients 
  contained 
  therein, 
  to 
  facili- 
  

   tate 
  the 
  analysis 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  and 
  a 
  penalty 
  is 
  fixed 
  for 
  

   omitting 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  above. 
  Commissioners 
  are 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  seize 
  any 
  fertilizers 
  sold 
  in 
  contravention 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  the 
  

   proceedings 
  in 
  such 
  cases 
  are 
  specified. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  is 
  au- 
  

   thorized 
  to 
  obtain 
  samples 
  for 
  analysis 
  and 
  to 
  publish 
  such 
  an- 
  

   alysis; 
  the 
  sample 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  to 
  be 
  drawn 
  from 
  package, 
  in 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  purchaser, 
  to 
  submit 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  for 
  analysis. 
  

   Contracts 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  fraudulent 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  be 
  

   null 
  and 
  void. 
  Rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  fertilizers. 
  The 
  director 
  of 
  

   the 
  several 
  experiment 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  ofiicial 
  

   chemist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriciiltTire. 
  (Xo. 
  126, 
  Laws 
  1898.) 
  

  

  MAINE. 
  

  

  Every 
  manufacturer, 
  company 
  or 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  

   to 
  sell 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer, 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  which 
  exceeds 
  ten 
  

   dollars 
  per 
  ton, 
  shall 
  affix 
  to 
  every 
  package 
  a 
  true 
  statement 
  cer- 
  

   tifying 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds, 
  the 
  name 
  or 
  trade-mark, 
  name 
  and 
  

   place 
  of 
  manufacture 
  or 
  shipper, 
  and 
  an 
  analysis 
  stating 
  the 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  or 
  its 
  equivalent 
  in 
  available 
  ammonia, 
  of 
  pot- 
  

   ash, 
  of 
  phosphoric 
  acid 
  in 
  available 
  form; 
  they 
  shall 
  also 
  file 
  an- 
  

   nually 
  with 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  "Maine 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station 
  a 
  certified 
  copy 
  of 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  and 
  said 
  

  

  