INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS 5 



form as a fertilizer, without an explicit printed certificate of the fact con- 

 spicuously atifixed to every package of such fertilizer. 



Sect. 5. Any person selling or offering or exposing for sale any commer- 

 cial fertilizer without the statement required by the first section of this act, 

 or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of 

 any one or more of the constituents mentioned in said section than is con- 

 tained therein or respecting the sale of which all the provisions of the fore- 

 going sections have not been fully complied with, shall forfeit fifty dollars 

 for the first offense and one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. 



Sect. 6. This act shall not affect parties manufacturing or importing fer- 

 tilizer for their own use and not to sell in this state. 



Sect. 7. The secretary of the board of agriculture shall annually cause 

 to be analyzed at the New Hampshire College Agricultural Experiment 

 Station one or more samples of every commercial fertilizer or fertilizer mate- 

 rial sold or offered for sale under the provisions of this act. Said secretary 

 shall cause a sample to be taken, not exceeding two pounds in weight, for 

 said analysis, from any lot or package of such fertilizer or fertilizer mate- 

 rial, which may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent, 

 or dealer in this state; but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of 

 the parties in interest or their representatives and taken from a parcel or a 

 number of packages, which shall not be less than ten per cent, of the whole 

 lot sampled, and shall be thoroughly mixed and then divided into equal 

 samples and placed in glass vessels and carefully sealed and a label placed 

 on each, stating the name or brand of the fertilizer or material sampled, the 

 name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time 

 and place of drawing, and said label shall also be signed by the person tak- 

 ing the sample and by the party or parties in interest, or their representa- 

 tive present at the drawing and sealing of said samples; one of said dupli- 

 cate samples shall be retained by the secretary and the other by the party 

 whose stock was sampled ; and the sample retained by the secretary shall 

 be for comparison with the certified statement named in section i. The 

 result of the analysis of the samples shall be published from time to time, 

 together with such additional information as circumstances may advise, in 

 reports or bulletins by the New Hampshire College Agricultural Experiment 

 Station and in the biennial report of the state board of agriculture. All par- 

 ties violating this act shall be prosecuted by the secretary of the board of 

 agriculture. 



Sect. 8. The amount of license fees received by said secretary by virtue 

 of this act shall be paid by him to the treasurer of the state of New Hamp- 

 shire. The treasurer of the state of New Hampshire shall pay from such 

 amount, when duly approved, the moneys required for the expense incurred 

 in making the inspection required by this act and enforcing the provisions 

 thereof. Said expense shall include those incurred for laboratory expenses, 

 chemical supplies, traveling expenses, printing, and other necessary mat- 

 ters. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred and one, 

 and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 



