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be Stamped by the commissioner of agriculture the \vi.r<ls "strictly pure," or 

 "impure," a* tin- guarantee may require; also the yearor season in which it is to be 

 used ami a facsimile of tin' signature of said n.mmisHoner. Tin- said Iain-Is shall be 

 furnished by tin- said commissioner. to any dealer in Paris Gn-en who shall have 

 complied with tin- foregoing provisions of this act, upon tin- payment liy said dealer 

 to >aid commissioner of lifty cents for a snllicient miml.er to label one hundred 

 pounds of Paris ( ireen. 



SKC. (i. That it shall he the duty of every person. before offering for sale any Paris 

 ( ireen as an in>ect icide in this State, to attach or cause to U- attached to each pack- 

 age one of the Iain-Is hereinl>efo:v described. deHgnating tin- <|iiantity of Paris < ireen 

 in the package to which it is attached. Any per.-on who shall sell any packages of 

 Paris (ireen, or any part thereof, which has not been labeled as herein provided for 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, ami on conviction thereof shall !>< fined in the sum 

 of one hundred dollars for each omission, which penalty may be sued for either by 

 tin- Commissioner of Agriculture orany person for the uses hereinafter declared. Any 

 person \\ ho shall counterfeit or use a counterfeit label prescribed by this act, or who 

 shall use them a second time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 

 thereof shall be lined in a sum not exceeding two hundred and lifty dollars, one-half 

 of which shall be paid to the informer, which may be doubled or trebled at each 

 second or third conviction, and so on progress! vely for subsequent c m\ -ictimis. 



BBC. 7. That it shall be the duty of every person who sells a package of Paris (ireen, 

 upon the request of the purchaser, to draw from the same and in the presence of the 

 pirn-baser or his agent a fair or correct wimple and to have the same securely enclosed 

 and sealed and sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture for analysis by the oliicial 

 chemist of the State, and if upon analysis the said Paris (ireen shall be found below 

 the guarantee given to the Commissioner of Agriculture and printed on the package, 

 then the said seller shall be liable to the said purchaser for all damage accruing from 

 said difference, recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State. 



SKC. s. That the copy of the oliicial chemist's analysis of any Paris Green certified 

 to by him shall be admissible as evidence in any court of the State on trial of any 

 issue involving the merits of said Paris Green. 



SEC. 9. That the Bureau of Agriculture shall adopt needful rules and regulations 

 providing for the collecting of money arising from the sale of labels, or for any fines 

 imposed under this act, and shall deposit the same with the Treasurer of the State. 



NEW YORK. 



AN ACT to amend the agricultural law. to prevent fraud in tin- sale of Paris (Jreeii. 



The People' of Hhe State of New York, /vyy.-<o,/,w /'// >'<nte mnl Awmi'lu, </<> n>ct as 

 fll<ni-#: Chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-three entitled "An act in relation to agriculture, constituting articles one, 

 two. three, four, and five, of chapter thirty-three of the general laws," is hereby 

 amended by adding a new article to be known as article eight and to read as follows: 



SKI. lio. State manufacturer and the dealer in m-i>/i/i<t/ pm-knt/cx t jili <;,-tijir<ii,' ///'/// 

 commissioner nf a'/rlm/tun. After the passage of this act it shall be the duty of each 

 and every manufacturer of Paris green within this state, and of every dealer in 

 original packages of Paris green manufactured outside of this state, before the said 

 Paris green is offered or exposed for sale or sold within this Mate, to submit to the 

 commissioner of agriculture a written or printed statement setting forth, first, the 

 brands of Paris green to be sold, the number of pounds contained in each package in 

 which it is put upon 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 arsenic which the said Paris green contains, and the statement so furnished 



