﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuee. 
  967 
  

  

  E"© 
  person 
  shall 
  sell 
  any 
  pulverized 
  leather, 
  raw, 
  steamed, 
  

   roasted, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  form, 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer, 
  without 
  an 
  explicit 
  certifi- 
  

   cate 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  affixed 
  to 
  every 
  package. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  of 
  managers 
  may 
  have 
  samples 
  of 
  fertilizers, 
  sold 
  

   in 
  the 
  State, 
  collected 
  and 
  analyzed 
  and 
  published, 
  together 
  with 
  

   a 
  statement 
  of 
  their 
  value 
  per 
  ton, 
  and 
  shall 
  prosecute 
  every 
  

   person 
  violating 
  this 
  law. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacturer, 
  importer, 
  agent 
  or 
  seller 
  of 
  any 
  brand 
  of 
  

   fertilizer 
  shall 
  pay 
  annually 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  six 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  

   fertilizing 
  ingredient 
  claimed 
  to 
  exist. 
  (R. 
  S. 
  1896, 
  chap. 
  154, 
  

   and 
  Laws 
  1898, 
  chap. 
  520.) 
  

  

  SOUTH 
  CAROLINA. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  abolish 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  and 
  to 
  impose 
  all 
  their 
  

   powers 
  and 
  duties 
  on 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Clemson 
  

   Agricultural 
  College 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina," 
  except 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  

   phosphate 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Section 
  4 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  gives 
  said 
  

   Trustees 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  all 
  laws 
  respecting 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  They 
  shall 
  appoint 
  a 
  special 
  in- 
  

   spector 
  or 
  inspectors 
  of 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  persons. 
  (Laws 
  

   1890, 
  No. 
  461.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  punish 
  frauds 
  or 
  misrepresentations 
  in 
  the 
  

   manufacture, 
  analysis 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  and 
  commercial 
  man- 
  

   ures 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  and 
  reads 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  4. 
  That 
  hereafter 
  any 
  firm 
  or 
  corporation 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  short 
  weight 
  or 
  fraud 
  in 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture, 
  preparation, 
  analysis 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  guanos, 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  

   commercial 
  manures, 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  or 
  who 
  shall 
  make 
  any 
  willful 
  

   misrepresentation 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  manufacture, 
  preparation, 
  analysis 
  or 
  

   quality 
  of 
  such 
  guanos, 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  commercial 
  manures, 
  or 
  who 
  

   shall 
  willfully 
  fail 
  to 
  attach 
  the 
  tags, 
  labels 
  or 
  stamps 
  as 
  now 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  by 
  the 
  General 
  Statutes 
  of 
  the 
  State," 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  

   misdemeanor. 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  ISTo. 
  463.) 
  

  

  