The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

PAALIAAIEN !'ARY PAPERS.

A BILL to prevent the ADULTERATION of CLOVER
and other SEEDS, necessarily or commonly used for the pur-
poses of Agricultore, and other fraudalcnt and deceitful
pldctices in the Sale thereof.

Whereas' a practice hath lately prevailed of colouring, adul-
terating, kiln,drying,fand otherwise injuring Clover Seed, Tre-.
foil Seed, and other Seeds necessary for the purposes of Agri-
culture, and selling and disposing of the same as and for pure,
genuine, and unadulterated Seeds, to the great injury and loss
of the practical Agrieniturists of the United Kingdom. And
whereas a practice hath also prevailed.of mixing such coloured-
adulterated, kiln-dried •and insured Seeds, and idso other spu;
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rioui Seeds, not of the sort or kind for which they are sold, with.
pure, genuine, and unadulterated Seeds, to the like :great in,
jury and loss of the said Agriculturists ; and whereas it is ex-
. Ped'ent that all such fraudulent and deceitful practices should be
prohibited;-=May it, therefore, please your Majesty, that it
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• may be enacted, and be it enacte'Xhyring's Exec.!,
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- lent Majesty, by and.with the advice and consent of the Lords
• Spiritual and Temporal, and Commoris, in this present Parlia_
ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from
and after the passing of this Act, no person or persons shall co_
lour, stain, dye, adulterate, kiln-dry, or otherwise injure any
Clover Seeds, Trefoil Seeds, or other Seeds whatsoever, neces-
sarily or usually used for the purposes of • Agricultiire, or by
any act, device, means, contrivance, or. process whatseeVer, pre,
pare and manufacture, or cause to procure any Seeds to be pre,
pared and manufactured, in imitation of or to resemble Clover
Seed, Trefoil Seed, or any other Seeds necessarily or commonly
used for the purposei of Agriculture or other Wise ; and in case
any person or persons shall at any time hereafter colour, stain,'
dye, adulterate, kiln=dry, or otherwise injure any such Clover
Seed, Trefoil Seed, or other Seeds necessarily or usually used
for the purposes of Agriculture, or by any act, device, means,
contrivance, or process whatsoever, cause or procure any Stied
to be prepared-and 'manufactured, in imitation of or uiresemble •
Clover Seed, Trefoil Seed, or any other Seeds- necessarily or
usually•used for the purposes of Agriculture, every such per-
son so offending, shall for every such offence, upon being con-
victed thereof in the manner hereinafter mentioned, forfeit and
pay the sum of . . • and moreover forfeit
and lose all and every the said adulterated and spurious Seed 4,
which shall or may be found in his po'aSession, together with all
and every the packages containing the same, and the same shall
and may be seized and disposed of• in • the manner hereinafter •
mentioned.

And he it further Enacted,That if any person or persons shall
at any time hereafter mix or cause or procure to be mixed, any
such.eoloured, stained, dyed, adulterated, Itiln-aried,- or other-
wise injured Clover Seed, Trefoil Seed, or 'other Seeds necessaz
rily or usually used for the purposes of Agriculture, or any
such Seeds so prepared and manufactured in imitation of or to
resemble Clover Seed, Trefoil Seed, or any other Seeds neces-
sarily or usually used for the purposes of Agriculture, with
pure, genuine, andunadulterated Seeds, every such person so
offending, shall for every such offence, upon being convicted
thereof in the manner hereinafter, mentioned, firfeit and pay the
sum of and moreover' forfeit and lose
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all and every the Seeds so mixed, which shall *may be found
in his possession, together with all and every the packages con-
taining the same, and the same shall and may be seized and
disposed of in the manner hereinafter mentibned.

And be it further Enacted, that if any person or persons shall
knowinly have or receive into his, her, or their possession any
such coloured, stained, jlyed, adulterated, kiln-dried, k other-
wise injured Clover Seed, Trefoil Seed, or ether Seeds neces-
sarily or Commonly used for the purposes of agriculture or
otherwise, or any such Seeds so prepared and manufactured to
resemble genuine Clover Seed, Trefoil. Seed, or any other Seadk
necessarily or commonly used • for the purposes of hirsbatidry,
either alone or mixed with other Seeds, or shall sell or offer, or
expose to sale, in any manner or way whatsoever, any such
adulterated or spurious Seeds, either alone or mixed up together
with other Seeds, as true and genuine Seeds, of the nature, kind,
and quality for which they shall or maybe sold or offered or
exposed to sale, every such person so offending, shall for every
such offence, upon being convicted thereof in the manner herein-
after mentioned, forfeit and pay the sum of and also
forfeit all such adulterated spurious and mixed Seeds that shall
or may be so found in his possession, or be by him so as afore-
said sold or offered or exposed to sale, together with all and
every the packages containing the,same, which shall and may
be seized and disposed of in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful io
and for one or more of MS Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for any county, stewartry, city, town or place. of the United
Kingdom, upon oath being made before him or them the said
Justices, by any credible person, that he bath reason to- suspect
that any such adulterated spurious or mixed seeds are in the
possession of-any seedsinan, factor or other dealer who is resid-
ing or shall at any time happen to be within the jurisdiction of
the said Justice or Justices, and that the same are intended for
sale, to issue their warrant or warrants to any constable or other
officer of the peace, thereby authorizing any such constable or
peace officer, with necessary and proper assistance, to enter in the
dav-time into the dwelling.house, shop and warehouse, shops
and warehouses of every such seedsman, factor or other dealer,
and then diligently to search for all such adulterated spurious
and mixed seeds; and if any 'such adulterated' spurious or
mixed seeds shall be found upon any such search, it shall and
may be lawful to and for such constable or other peace officer
and their assistants, under and by virtue of such warrant or
warrants, to seize all such adulterated spurious or mixed seeds,
together with all and every the packages wherein the same may
be contained, and keep the same in his or their possession, in
order that the same may be produced before the Justice or us-
tices of the Peace, for the examination and condemnation
thereof as hereinafter Mentioned, in case the same shall, upon
the oaths of two credible witnesses, be proved to the satisfaction
of the said Justice or Justices of the Peace, that the said seeds
so seized, are adulterated spurious or mixed seeds forfeitable
and liable to condemnation under the provisions of this Act, or
until the same having been first proved to the satisfaction of
the said Justice or Justices of the Peace, to be pure„(Tenuine
and adulterated, shall be therefore ordered by the said Justice
or Justices of the Peace, to be restored to the party or parties
in whose possession or on whose premises the same shall have
been found and seized.

And be it further enacted, that if at any time hereafter any
such coloured, stained, dyed, adulterated, kiln-dried or other-
wise injured clover seed or other seeds necessarily or commonly
used for the purposes of agriculture or otherwise,' or any- such
seeds so prepared and manufhcmred to resemble clover, trefoil
seed, or any other seeds necessarily or commonly used for the
purposes of husbandry, shall he imported or brought into any
port-of the United Kingdom, either alone or mixed up together
with other seeds, and resembling or hang been made to re-
semble pure, genuine and unadulterated seeds, of the nature,
kind or quality for which they shall be entered or attempted-to
be entered for importation, the some,. together with all and
every the packages containing the same, shall be forfeited, and
be liable to be searehedfor and seized by any officer or officers
of customs or excise, in the manner an other prohibited goods
may be searched for and. seized by the laws of customs 'or
excise ; and every person who shall so import the same, or be
aiding or assisting therein, or knowingly receive the same into
his custody or possession, or who shall sell, or in anywise after
or expose the same to sale, or Who shall ecnceal the same with
intent to prevent theforfeiture or seizure thereof, shall, over and
above -the forfeiture of 'all • such -adulterated, spurious, and
kiln-dried seeds, for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum-
oZ • with • costs.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that in case any doubt
shall happen to arise in any case whatsoeverl whether the said
seeds hereby declared to be forfeited, and winch shall or may
haVe been seized, are pure,- genuine, and unadulterated or un-
mixed seeds, the proof' thereof shall lie upon the person in
whose possession the same shall or may be found, or on the
party who shall or may have imported the same, es the'case
may be, and not upon the prosecutor or informer. •
And be it further enacted, that iu every ces,! where any such
adulterated, spurious or mixed- seeds as aforesaid, shall have
been seized and finally condemned, the Jostiets of the Peace,
or Court before whom-the•sarne'slie.ll or may have been con-
demned, shall forthwith and immediately after the condemna-
tion thereof, cause the said adulterated, speunus or mixed
seeds so seized, to be burnt and destroyed, or otherwise • ren-
dered wholly unfit for sale or