﻿CoMMissioisrER 
  OF 
  Ageicultuee. 
  1077 
  

  

  § 
  3. 
  Before 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  any 
  material 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   as 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  state, 
  the 
  

   manufacturer, 
  importer 
  or 
  person 
  who 
  causes 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  sold, 
  

   offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  shall 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  experiment 
  station 
  at 
  Geneva, 
  a 
  certified 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  prescribed 
  in 
  section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  ; 
  and, 
  in 
  addition, 
  such 
  

   statement 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  thereafter 
  annually 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   (J 
  anuary. 
  

  

  § 
  4. 
  ]^o 
  person 
  shall 
  sell, 
  offer 
  or 
  expose 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  

   leather 
  or 
  its 
  products 
  or 
  other 
  inert 
  nitrogenous 
  material 
  in 
  any 
  

   form, 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  as 
  an 
  ingredient 
  of 
  any 
  fertilizer, 
  unless 
  

   an 
  explicit 
  printed 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  shall 
  be 
  conspicuously 
  

   affixed 
  to 
  every 
  package 
  of 
  such 
  fertilizer, 
  and 
  shall 
  accompany 
  

   every 
  j)arcel 
  or 
  lot 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  § 
  5. 
  Every 
  person 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   shall 
  forfeit 
  and 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  iSTew 
  York 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  every 
  such 
  violation. 
  

  

  § 
  6. 
  Every 
  certificate, 
  duly 
  signed 
  and 
  acknowledged, 
  of 
  a 
  

   chemist 
  or 
  other 
  expert 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  oSTew 
  York 
  

   agricultural 
  experiment 
  station 
  at 
  Geneva 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  analysis 
  

   of 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  material 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer, 
  

  

  K'' 
  ' 
  

  

  shall 
  be 
  presumptive 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  therein 
  stated. 
  

  

  § 
  7. 
  The 
  doing 
  of 
  anything 
  prohibited 
  by 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  

   thing 
  so 
  prohibited 
  and 
  the 
  omission 
  to 
  do 
  anything 
  directed 
  to 
  

   be 
  done 
  shall 
  be 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  

   act 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  things 
  so 
  directed 
  to 
  be 
  done. 
  

  

  § 
  8. 
  The 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Xew 
  York 
  agricultural 
  experiment 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  at 
  Geneva 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  may 
  employ 
  agents, 
  chemists 
  and 
  

   experts, 
  and 
  whenever 
  he 
  shall 
  laiow 
  or 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  

   any 
  penalty 
  has 
  been 
  incurred 
  by 
  any 
  person 
  for 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  or 
  that 
  any 
  sum 
  has 
  been 
  for- 
  

   feited 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  violation, 
  he 
  shall 
  report 
  the 
  said 
  

   violation 
  Avith 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  to 
  the 
  attorney 
  general, 
  who, 
  

   pursuant 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  chapter 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty- 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five 
  may 
  cause 
  an 
  

   action 
  or 
  proceeding 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  for 
  the 
  

   recovery 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  § 
  0. 
  Chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-seven 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eigh- 
  

   teen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety 
  and 
  chapter 
  six 
  hundred 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four 
  are 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  § 
  10. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  immediately. 
  

  

  