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shall be considered as constituting a guarantee to the purchaser that every package 

 of such Paris green contains not less than the amount of arsenic set forth in the 

 statement. 



Si:c. 111. < '< ilifiaitt' tn IK' ijirt'ii hij tin' <-oiiiinixxion<' r of nijririi/tn rr /<> xtftli' iit'tn nfdrfii ri'i' 



anil ili'uli , in original packages, livery purchaser of Paris green in original packages 

 which is manufactured outside of this state, who intends to sell or expose the same 

 for sale, and every manufacturer of Paris green within this State, shall, after filing 

 the statement above provided for with the commissioner of agriculture, receive from 

 the said commissioner of agriculture a certificate stating that he has complied with 

 the foregoing statement, which certificate shall he furnished without any charge 

 therefor; said certificate when furnished shall authorize the party receiving the same 

 to deal in tins state in Paris green. Any person who fails to tile the statement 

 aforesaid shall not be entitled to such certificate and shall not be entitled to deal in 

 Paris green within this State; nothing in this section shall be construed as applying 

 to retail dealers. 



SKC. 111'. Composition <>f 1'iiri* (/recn or (iiKt/o'/onx pro<ln<-l*. Paris green or any 

 product analogous to it, when sold, offered or exposed for sale, as such, in this state, 

 shall contain at least fifty per centum of arsenious oxide. ( -Sr Aninnlun-iit.) 



SKC. il.'i. Paris green to be analyzed at experiment station. The director of the New 

 York State agricultural experiment station, at Geneva, shall, under the direction of 

 the commissioner of agriculture, examine, or cause to be examined, the different 

 brands of Paris green sold, offered, or exposed for sale within the State, and cause 

 samples of the same to be analyzed, and shall report the result of the analysis forth- 

 with to the commissioner of agriculture. 



SKC. 114. Pena/t'i for dotation*. Any person or persons, firm, association, company, 

 or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred 

 dollars; and in addition thereto shall forfeit and pay unto the people of the state of 

 New York the sum of one hundred dollars, together with the costs of the suit in an 

 action caused to be brought by the commissioner of agriculture in the name of the 

 people of the state of New York, as provided by section eight of the agricultural law. 



'2. This act shall take effect immediately. BecanK' <t /<in- Mnr<-li 83, AS'.'AV. // the 

 approval of the Governor. ( L<m-* <>f AV/'- York, <-h. us.} 



AMKNDMKNT TO l'AKIS-< JRKKN LAW. 



Iii accordance with the sujrovstion made by the New York State 

 Kxperiment Station in 1M>0, that portion of the Paris (liven law which 

 'related to the definition of Paris ( liven was changed. The essential 

 portion of the amended law embodying this change is as follows: 



. 112. Coiitjxixifion of I'tirix '/''"'" '"' <tnlo<ionx jtroihirts. Paris green, or any 

 product analogous to it, when sold, offered, or exposed for .-ale as such in this state, 

 shall comply with the following re(|ifirenients: 



First. It shall contain arsenic in combination with copper, equivalent to not le-s 

 than fifty per centum arsenious oxide. 



>nd. It shall nut contain arsenic in water-soluMe forms equivalent to more 

 than three and one-half per centum of arseiiioiis oxide. 



