﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  977 
  

  

  Sec. 
  7. 
  The 
  penalty 
  prescribed 
  for 
  selling, 
  offering 
  or 
  exposing 
  

   for 
  sale, 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer, 
  without 
  the 
  statement 
  required 
  

   by 
  section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  label 
  stating 
  that 
  said 
  fertilizer 
  

   contains 
  a 
  larger 
  percentage 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  constitu- 
  

   ents 
  mentioned 
  in 
  said 
  section 
  than 
  is 
  contained 
  therein, 
  or 
  re- 
  

   specting 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  Avliich 
  all 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  fully 
  complied 
  ^\ith, 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  

   fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  offense, 
  and 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  

   each 
  subsequent 
  offense. 
  This 
  section 
  shall 
  not 
  affect 
  parties 
  

   manufacturing, 
  importing 
  or 
  purchasing 
  fertilizers 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  

   use 
  and 
  not 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  "All 
  manufacturers 
  and 
  importers 
  of 
  commercial 
  fer- 
  

   tilizers, 
  or 
  wholesale 
  dealers 
  in 
  the 
  same, 
  shall 
  not, 
  later 
  than 
  

   February 
  first, 
  furnish 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Vermont 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station 
  with 
  a 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  brands 
  and 
  of 
  

   agents 
  selling, 
  offering 
  or 
  exposing 
  for 
  sale, 
  such 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  each 
  succeeding 
  month 
  till 
  May 
  first, 
  each 
  additional 
  

   agent 
  or 
  dealer 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  meantime 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  appointed." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  9. 
  " 
  The 
  director 
  shall 
  cause 
  one 
  analysis 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  each 
  

   fertilizer 
  or 
  material 
  used 
  for 
  manurial 
  purposes 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  an- 
  

   nually 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  published 
  monthly." 
  The 
  duties 
  of 
  said 
  

   director 
  are 
  specified 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  taking 
  samples, 
  label, 
  

   etc., 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  director 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  State 
  Treasurer 
  of 
  all 
  

   violations 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  who 
  shall 
  commence 
  a 
  suit, 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  on 
  the 
  bond 
  required 
  to 
  be 
  filed 
  by 
  such 
  manufacturer 
  

   and 
  importer, 
  and 
  prosecute 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  final 
  judgment, 
  and 
  he 
  

   shall 
  forthwith 
  notify 
  the 
  said 
  manufacturers 
  and 
  importers 
  in 
  

   writing, 
  and 
  give 
  them 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  thirty 
  days 
  thereafter, 
  in 
  

   which 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  '" 
  But 
  there 
  

   shall 
  be 
  no 
  prosecution 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  

   or 
  the 
  fertilizing 
  matenal, 
  if 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  analysis 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   manufacturers 
  or 
  importers." 
  

  

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