﻿97(j 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  director, 
  at 
  his 
  request, 
  a 
  sealed 
  jar, 
  glass 
  or 
  bottle 
  containing 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  one 
  pound 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  affidavit 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  average 
  sample 
  thereof. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  The 
  manufacturer, 
  importer 
  or 
  agent 
  of 
  any 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  fertilizer, 
  etc., 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  section, 
  shall, 
  before 
  

   said 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  sold, 
  etc., 
  obtain 
  a 
  license 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  treas- 
  

   urer, 
  countersigned 
  by 
  said 
  director, 
  authorizing 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  shall 
  affix 
  to 
  each 
  barrel, 
  bag 
  or 
  other 
  

   package 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  the 
  word 
  " 
  Licensed," 
  Avith 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  

   license. 
  The 
  manufacturers 
  or 
  importers 
  shall 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  such 
  license, 
  which 
  shall 
  expire 
  on 
  the 
  

   thirty-first 
  day 
  of 
  December 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  issued. 
  

   One 
  license 
  shall 
  cover 
  all 
  brands 
  manufactured 
  by 
  any 
  one 
  

   manufacturer, 
  corporation 
  or 
  company. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  Manufacturers 
  and 
  importers 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  

   sold, 
  etc., 
  as 
  aforesaid 
  shall 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  Treasurer 
  a 
  bond 
  

   with 
  satisfactory 
  sureties 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  

   pa^^able 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  conditioned 
  for 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  for- 
  

   feitures 
  and 
  costs 
  imposed 
  for 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  act; 
  such 
  bond 
  shall 
  be 
  renewed 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  

   State 
  Treasurer 
  may 
  require. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  " 
  The 
  term 
  ' 
  commercial 
  fertilizers,' 
  as 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  act, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  mean 
  compounds 
  and 
  manufactured 
  substances 
  

   containing, 
  or 
  represented 
  to 
  contain, 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  ingredients 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  but 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  

   separate 
  ingredients 
  used 
  to 
  manufacture 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  to 
  bone, 
  

   land 
  plaster, 
  lime 
  or 
  any 
  substance 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  nature 
  which 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  compounded." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  The 
  selling, 
  offering 
  or 
  exposing 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

   of. 
  any 
  pulverized 
  leather, 
  raw, 
  steamed, 
  roasted 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  form, 
  

   as 
  a 
  fertilizer, 
  or 
  as 
  an 
  ingredient 
  of 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  manure, 
  is 
  

   unlaA^^ul, 
  without 
  an 
  explicit 
  printed 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  fact, 
  said 
  

   certificate 
  to 
  be 
  conspicuously 
  affixed 
  to 
  every 
  package 
  of 
  such 
  

   fertilizer 
  or 
  manure, 
  and 
  to 
  accompany 
  or 
  to 
  go 
  with 
  every 
  par- 
  

   cel 
  or 
  lot 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  