﻿978 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Sec. 
  10. 
  " 
  The 
  term 
  importers, 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  mean 
  all 
  who 
  procure 
  or 
  sell 
  fertilizers 
  made 
  

   in 
  other 
  States." 
  

  

  VIRGINIA. 
  

  

  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  have 
  jurisdiction 
  and 
  

   care 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  laAvs. 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  p. 
  82.) 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  every 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  or 
  dealer 
  in 
  

   commercial 
  fertilizers 
  annuallv, 
  before 
  the 
  same 
  are 
  offered 
  for 
  

   sale, 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  fifteen 
  cents 
  per 
  

   ton 
  as 
  an 
  inspection 
  and 
  license 
  fee, 
  and 
  at 
  same 
  time 
  make 
  re- 
  

   quest 
  for 
  tags 
  therefor; 
  whereupon 
  the 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  issue 
  

   tags 
  to 
  the 
  parties 
  so 
  applying, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  empowered 
  to 
  prescribe 
  a 
  

   form 
  for 
  such 
  tags; 
  the 
  dealer 
  shall 
  attach 
  a 
  tag 
  to 
  each 
  bag, 
  

   barrel 
  or 
  package 
  thereof, 
  Avhich, 
  Avhen 
  attached, 
  shall 
  be 
  prima 
  

   facie 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  seller 
  has 
  complied 
  with 
  the 
  requirements 
  

   of 
  the 
  act. 
  Tags 
  shall 
  be 
  renewed 
  annually. 
  The 
  manufacturer 
  

   shall 
  submit 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  a 
  written 
  statement 
  setting 
  forth, 
  

   first, 
  the 
  names 
  and 
  brands 
  under 
  which 
  his 
  said 
  fertilizers 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  sold, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds 
  in 
  each 
  package 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  

   and 
  place 
  of 
  manufacture; 
  second, 
  a 
  statement 
  setting 
  forth 
  the 
  

   following 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  named 
  ingredients 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   willing 
  to 
  guarantee 
  said 
  fertilizers 
  to 
  contain: 
  First, 
  ammonia; 
  

   second, 
  available 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  potash 
  soluble 
  in 
  water. 
  Such 
  

   statement 
  shall 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  guarantee 
  to 
  the 
  purchaser 
  that 
  

   every 
  package 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  contains 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  per 
  centum 
  

   of 
  each 
  ingredient 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  proposing 
  to 
  deal 
  in 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  shall, 
  

   after 
  filing 
  the 
  required 
  statement, 
  receive 
  a 
  certificate 
  stating 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  complied 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  provisions. 
  The 
  said 
  cer- 
  

   tificate, 
  when 
  furnished, 
  shall 
  authorize 
  the 
  party 
  receiving 
  it 
  to 
  

   manufacture 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  to 
  sell 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  the 
  brands 
  named 
  in 
  

   said 
  certificate. 
  jSTo 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  failed 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  fee 
  or 
  to 
  

  

  