﻿1076 
  Seve:nth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  955. 
  

  

  AX 
  ACT 
  for 
  tlie 
  protection 
  and 
  education 
  of 
  farmers 
  and 
  manu- 
  

   facturers 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  fertilizers. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  May 
  28, 
  189(j, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  

   (Did 
  Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Every 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  sell, 
  offer 
  or 
  expose 
  for 
  sale 
  

   in 
  this 
  state 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  any 
  material 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   as 
  a 
  fertilizer, 
  the 
  selling 
  price 
  of 
  which 
  exceeds 
  ten 
  dollars 
  per 
  

   ton, 
  shall 
  stamp 
  on 
  or 
  affix 
  to 
  each 
  package 
  of 
  such 
  fertilizer, 
  in 
  

   a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  thereof, 
  a 
  plainly 
  printed 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  which 
  shall 
  certify 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  net 
  pounds 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  in 
  the 
  package 
  sold 
  

   or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  ; 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  name, 
  brand, 
  or 
  trade 
  mark 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  

   is 
  sold 
  ; 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  ; 
  

   -i. 
  The 
  chemical 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  expressed 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  following 
  terms 
  : 
  

  

  (a) 
  Per 
  centum 
  of 
  nitrogen; 
  

  

  (b) 
  Per 
  centum 
  of 
  available 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  or, 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  un- 
  

   dissolved 
  bone, 
  the 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  total 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  

  

  (c) 
  Per 
  centum 
  of 
  potash 
  soluble 
  in 
  distilled 
  water. 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  such 
  fertilizer 
  be 
  sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  bulk, 
  

   such 
  printed 
  statement 
  shall 
  accompany 
  every 
  lot 
  and 
  parcel 
  so 
  

   sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  exj^osed 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  if 
  the 
  

   statement 
  required 
  by 
  section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  false 
  in 
  re- 
  

   gard 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  net 
  pounds 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  in 
  the 
  package 
  sold, 
  

   offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  name, 
  brand 
  or 
  trade-mark 
  

   under 
  which 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  sold, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  

   of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer. 
  It 
  shall 
  also 
  be 
  a 
  viola- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  if 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  

   material 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  contain 
  a 
  smaller 
  per- 
  

   centage 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  phosphoric 
  acid 
  or 
  potash 
  than 
  is 
  certified 
  in 
  

   said 
  statement 
  to 
  be 
  contained 
  therein, 
  when 
  such 
  deficiencv 
  shall 
  

   be 
  greater 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  one 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  or 
  one- 
  

   half 
  of 
  one 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  available 
  phosphoric 
  acid 
  (or 
  one 
  per 
  

   centum 
  of 
  total 
  phosphoric 
  acid 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  undissolved 
  bone), 
  

   or 
  one-half 
  of 
  one 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  potash 
  soluble 
  in 
  distilled 
  water. 
  

  

  