**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **1l GROVER**  **¶ELLERS ATlOw4CI** 

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### rolu to **the citrus** 

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### iie sale of 9Hln-So11 under the 

### clrcxim8t.8~~88 

### and c~ditioXi8 8Ot fO& in the brief, 8Ubject to ~rLpin81 OT ~1~11 FcMitiO8 wider the Canmercl81 Pertflizer 8UtUte8? 18 thWO, Mder raid Cir- **-8tanaO8** and aOQditiOCl8, **Uir llOCe88itl**  **fOP th.**  **nin** 901 CCXOpOCJ,Or UIYCTJOe18e OffOrixig nor 8e'lliq 'b!b-lSol', to ccqly 

### vith the Conoerclal Fertilizer Statutes of ttlis Ltete?”

### HonorableA. J. Luckett,pndo 2

**Ye think**  it 

### necerrarybefore attemptlng to an8ver 

### the **@.le8tlOZl8 you**  

### have 

### mired to 

### iir8td8temlno vhether 

### or not the 8UbtOrhl~AUVA **a8** 

### "blin-sol" **meet8** 

### the deilnltlonOSa 

### comorcial 

### fortlllteras 

### detlnedby Article 1716 **mad8 a8**  **fO111~8l** 

### of our Ponal Code, **vhlch**

**“ A**  

### ccmmeralalf~rtlllzor**18** 

### 8tanao

### ormixtun vhlch containsany Mterlal, 

### rubor la clalmod to ~~~ a._~ A.
. m .-._. - uuncaan more cnaa an* par aant or coca1 pnorpnorlc acid, 

### Or potslh or altrogen 

### and vhloh **18** uaad **for D&** **‘ pliWAtiUZ8**  **to th0**  8011 

### to proPrOte **the grovth**  **of Cror18~**  

### or uw rubrknoo. EUit4WlAl or mlxturd,vhlah **18 clnlmed**  to **oxart** a beneflatal 

### a&ion up= **the** 

### roll or to wcmoto 

### the nrtnithof 

### arop8. Lime, Time8ton0, marl, un&e**rgrouad 0088,**  

### rtook **pen manure,**  barayard

ma aura,

or**the** l



### xcment8 

### 0r **any dOWO8tio**  Mb81 8hDll be OXOBpt frOa th8 plWV181fX38 

### Of thl8 

### chapter,**ln oa88**  **that** 

### uld **Laura** 

### or **excrement ha8**  

### not **b6en** 

### drlod 

### or mnIpulat8d 

### or OthervlBvtrmatod or la aot claImed 

### to h8voa value OS more #WI $4 a tua.” (Bmpharliuur8)

**Article 108**  **Of Our**  **civil StetUtO8**  **mad8 a8**  **fOiiOV8t** 

### "The **temm** 

### ~aanmera~l fertlllzor,' 'misbranded,' and 'adulterated,' **a8** 

### ured inthis chapter, rhall **hV8** 

### tha **8aW** 

### RIUA~ a8 18 $iVOA 

### thosa tomis in Article 

### 1716 OS the Penal Cc lo.’


### Proc the above tvoArticlor, 

### therefore,vo umbt obtain the detinition ot cszmercial fertllltcr. 

### Particular **emyh~818** 

### 18 placed here **upon tke**  **vords** “Or EKiy 8Ub8taCe, D&terinl or ti?Xtuw, vhich Is claimed to 

### exert a $enoflclal action upon the soil 

### or 

### to pranote **tke** 

### growth **of crcqs.**  Us think it clear tkzt the ir.ter.tix of the Legislature in defining coaaerclal t’crtllizer er, it did UK**der** Article 1716 va3 to trlr< uncler the prov?s?ms of tkc Article: nily **n~tcrb31** offt-red for sale as an anendrzent to 8~11 Oscar e rut.- stance vhich uw~ld bc beneflclal to tk:E grovln~ of c?o;lr. ‘t+.lle it nay be true the material you nentlonod frills to neet the ckcr-- ical deflnitlon of conuzerclal fertilizer because it hns E lesz a&ount of phosphorus than 18 

### required by the 8tatute, ue do thir.:: that the rubstance 18 clelrsed 

### by the Cotx~ng to be of benefit to soil and that it **doer** prmote the 

### grovth of crops; therefore, it vould appear to **u8** that it **18** a aCUUerCia1 fertilizer vithlo the meanin& of Article 1716 of the r’enal Code..



### lfonorable A. J. Luckett, page **3**

**The** 

### of ccalmerol.al identlo81. clvll an& penal articles 

### relbting to the marketing

fertlllter are l



### lallar; in iaet, acme of thornare Unquoetlonablyr it war the lntontlon of tho bglrlaturo ln pawing tho Camerckl Portillcor Statutes to prohibit fraud upon tho publlo, 1. l


### . 

### tho malo OS IpatOrial by fal808dvortlrlng. 

### Phie lr vlthln tho polloo powor of 

### ourStat.0 Oovommont. Uo do not aontond that tho stato Chomlat8 or any other agoaoy OS the Oovornmont could provont **a** 

### oorporatlon or a pormon from rolling the matorlalr you nentlonod, but ve do oontond, and vo horo hold, that l 

### uoh corpomtlon or 

### perronofforlng 

### for ma10 tho matorlal wet oompl~ with both the 01~11 am3 crlmlnal rktutor govomlzig the marketlag and ralo of occmom~l fartllircor.

Truatlng the above eatlrfaatoril~ 6mawofe your lnqulrJ, vo are


### Your8 vow truly AlTORl'iEYOEERAL OF 

### TWS

E. M. DeGeurln Aa8lBtfmt SDeO/JCP