﻿CoMMissioxEK 
  OF 
  Agkicultuee. 
  963 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2077. 
  " 
  Every 
  manufacturer, 
  owner 
  or 
  agent 
  selling 
  any 
  

   spurious 
  or 
  adulterated 
  fertilizer; 
  or 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  whicli 
  shall 
  

   lack 
  materially 
  in 
  a 
  valuable 
  element 
  represented 
  to 
  be 
  therein 
  

   shall 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  injured 
  for 
  quadruple 
  the 
  price 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  or 
  agreed 
  upon 
  for 
  the 
  article 
  sold." 
  (Chap. 
  48, 
  A. 
  C, 
  

   1892.) 
  

  

  Section 
  2078 
  provides 
  that 
  if 
  any 
  spurious 
  or 
  adulterated 
  fertil- 
  

   izer 
  shall 
  be 
  sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  kept 
  for 
  sale 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  ana- 
  

   lyzed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  chemist 
  and 
  tagged, 
  or 
  which 
  shall 
  lack 
  mate- 
  

   rially 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  elements 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  certificate 
  of 
  

   analysis, 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  that 
  shipment 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  be 
  forfeited 
  

   to 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  the 
  same 
  may 
  be, 
  and 
  that, 
  whether 
  the 
  fraud 
  

   be 
  perpetrated 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  owner, 
  or 
  by 
  an 
  agent 
  or 
  

   servant 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  having 
  control 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  and 
  all 
  contracts 
  made 
  

   for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  it, 
  shall 
  be 
  void, 
  ah 
  initio^ 
  wherever 
  stipulated 
  to 
  be 
  

   performed. 
  

  

  Upon 
  an 
  affidavit 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  State's 
  chemist 
  or 
  other 
  citizen 
  

   that 
  untagged 
  or 
  other 
  fraudulent 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  being 
  sold, 
  it 
  shall 
  

   be 
  seized 
  by 
  the 
  sheriff 
  or 
  other 
  competent 
  person, 
  under 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  and 
  held 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  court. 
  "And 
  

   upon 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  court 
  the 
  fraudulent 
  or 
  untagged 
  or 
  unadul- 
  

   terated 
  fertilizer 
  becomes 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  the 
  

   same 
  may 
  be." 
  (Chap. 
  66, 
  Laws 
  1896.) 
  

  

  MISSOUEI. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  intending 
  to 
  sell 
  fertilizers 
  worth 
  over 
  ten 
  dollars 
  

   per 
  ton 
  shall 
  submit 
  samples 
  of 
  each 
  brand 
  to 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  experiment 
  station. 
  The 
  director 
  shall 
  analyze 
  each 
  sample 
  

   and 
  print 
  the 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  label 
  which 
  shall 
  set 
  forth 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  and 
  place, 
  the 
  brand 
  of 
  the 
  fer- 
  

   tilizer 
  and 
  the 
  essential 
  ingredients 
  contained 
  therein, 
  together 
  

   Avith 
  a 
  certificate 
  setting 
  forth 
  that 
  such 
  analysis 
  is 
  true, 
  and 
  he 
  

   shall 
  place 
  on 
  each 
  brand 
  the 
  money 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  fertilizer. 
  

  

  