III. STATK LAWS (inVKIIMM; Till'. dlMI'nslTlON AM> SAL I- 



INSECTICIDES. 



A circular letter was scut to the various experiment station* 

 that they forward copies of the laws in their respective States relative 

 to the composition and sale of Paris (irecn and other insecticide*. In 

 08868 where the experiment stations could not furnish the information 

 a similar request was made of the secretary of state. It is believed 

 that the following compilation of State laws is a complete resume of 

 all such laws passed in the United States. 



CALIFORNIA. 



AN ACT to prevent fraud in the sale of Paris (Jrrrn used us an in<retieide. 



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inllnirs: It shall be the duty of each and every manufacturer of Paris Green (commer- 

 cial aceto-arsenite of copper) to be used as an insecticide within this State, and of 

 every dealer in original packages of said Paris Green manufactured outside of this 

 State, before the said Paris Green is offered or exposed for sale, or sold within this 

 State as an insecticide, to submit to the director of the California experiment station, 

 at Berkeley, samples of said Paris Green, and a written or printed statement setting 

 forth: First, the brand of said Paris Green to be sold, the number of pounds contained 

 in each- package in which it is put on the market for sale, the name or names of the 

 manufacturers and the place of manufacturing the same; second, the statement shall 

 set forth the amount of combined arsenic- which the said Paris Given contains, and 

 the statement so furnished shall lie considered as constituting a guarantee to the 

 purchaser that every package of such Paris Green contains not less than the amount 

 of combined arsenic set forth in the statement. 



SEC. 2. Every purchaser of said Paris Green in original packages which is manu- 

 factured outside of this State, who intends to sell or expose the same for sale, and 

 every manufacturer of said Paris Green within this State, shall, after filing the state- 

 ment above provided for with the director of the California agricultural station, at 

 Berkeley, receive from the said director a certificate stating that he has complied 

 with the foregoing statements, which certificate shall be furnished without charge 

 therefor. Said certificate when furnished shall authorize the party when receiving 

 the same to deal in this State in the said Paris Green. Any person who fails to com- 

 ply with the terms of section 1 of this act shall not he entitled to such certificate 

 and shall not be entitled to deal in said Paris Green within this State. Nothing in 

 this section shall be construed as applying to retail dealers selling said Paris Green 

 which has already been labeled and guaranteed. 



SEC. 3. Paris Green, when sold, offered, or exposed for sale as an insecticide in this 

 State shall contain at least o() per centum of arsenious oxide and shall not contain 

 more than 4 per centum of the same in the uncombined state. 



SKC. 4. The director of the California Slate agricultural station, at I'.erkeley. shall 

 examine or cause to be examined different brands of Paris Green sold, offered, or 

 exposed for sale within this State, and cause samples of the same to be analy/ed. and 



