STATE LAWS CONCERNING [N8EOTIOIDE8, i\X 



WASHINGTON. 



AN \< ' I' li> |,n>viilc :ii;.-iiiivi tin- H'lultrrnlioii of Paris ( Jn-rii mnl Other compounds tued fur >|mi\ inu' 



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Be U enacted by the Legi^oture of the State of MW// //_'//<>//, That it shall hen-after in- 

 unlawful for any persun. linn, .n- corporation doing l>iiHiir.-s in tin- Stateof \Vashing- 

 t'ii to sell or ol'lVr for sale adulterated or lo\v grade Paris green, aix-nic, London 

 purple, sulphur, or any spray material or compound for >pra\ \i\-j; purposes. 



SKC. L'. For tin- pnrposrs of this act Paris rivrii shall contain not less than fifty per 



cent of arsenic trioxide in combination, and not more than four per cent of \\ater- 



BOlllble arsenic tlioxide, and connnercial arsenic shall contain not less than ninety- 

 six (1MD percent of arsenic trio\i,le. 



S !:<-. .",. Any person, tirm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act 

 shall l>e <leetne<l guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall he pun- 

 islud l>y a tine of not less than twenty-live dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. All tines imposed fur violation of the provisions of this act shall l>e paid to 

 the treasurer of the county wherein the violation was committed and placed to tin- 

 general fund of such county. 



SKC. 4. That the State Commissioner of Horticulture and the county fruit inspectors 

 under his supervision be charged with the enforcement of thiH act, with the assistance 

 of the prosecuting attorney. 



SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the chemist of the State Agricultural Kxperiment 

 Station to correctly analyze, without extra compensation and without extra charge 

 to the state other than the necessary expenses, all substances and compounds used or 

 offered for sale for spraying trees and plants, that the State Commissioner of Horti- 

 culture may send for analysis, and report to him without unnecessary delay the result 

 of any analysis so made; any such chemist shall assist him in prosecuting violations 

 of the law, by giving testimony, expert or otherwise. Approved ly flu' (lorernor 

 February ,.'<!, 



