The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-21


nassed by viva yoce vote of yeas %, nays =,
and ordered TO be returned to the House of
A''p'BSd Bv order J. WOODRUFF,
Clerk of Senate.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF AN INSPECTOR OF pHOspHATES, AND TO
DECLARE HIS DUTIES.
Section /. BE it enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same That
the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized
to appoint by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate competent person to The ottlce
of Inspector of Phosphates, who shall reside
and have his Office in the city of Charleston,
and shall hold his office for two years.
Sec. ,. That it shall be the duty of all COM
panics or individuals who are, or riay be, ar'
thorized by law to dig, mine or excavatc such
phosphate rocks and phosphate deposits from
the beds of the navigable waters or streams
within the jurisdiction of the State, to report
to the Inspector of Phosphates monthly the
quantity of such rock and deposit dug, mined
and excavatcd; and whether the same be on
hand awaiting removal, or, if it has been
moved or is being moved, to furnish copy of
the bill or bills of lading, which reports shall
be verified by the oath OF the person making
the same. And it shall be the duty of all cap
tains of vessels and railroad officials to furnish,
to the Inspector of Phosphatcs duplicates of all
bills of lading of all cargoes of such rock and
deposit with which their vessels or cars may be
freighted for export from this State, or for
transportation within the State. And to the
end that the said Inspector of Phosphates may
be enabled to verify the reports of the quantity
of such rocks and deposits which have been or
may be dug, mined, excavated and removed,
he shall, at all times, have and be allowed free
and uninterrupted access to all places where
such rocks and deposits are dug, mined or cx-
cavated, and to all warehouses or opened or
enclosed places where such rocks and deposits
are stored, and to all vessels, railroad cars, or
conveyances in, or by, which such rocks and
deposits are being removed.
Sec. 8. That the said Inspector of Phosphates
shall report to the Auditor of the State, month
ly. the amount of phosphate rocks and phos-
phatic deposits which he shall ascertain to have
been dug, mined, excavated or removed from
the navigable streams or waters of this State,
by what company or persons the same was dug,
mined and eXcavated, by what vessel, or other
mode of transportation, the same was removed,
with such other particulars SIS may enable the
State Auditor correctly 10 ascertain whether
the amounts due to the State therefor have
been paid, and if not, who is accountable for
the same.
Sec. 4. That hereafter it shall not be lawful
to sell in this State, or to expose to sale, any
guano or other commercial fertilizer, whether
the same have been manufactured in this State
or elsewhere, unless the same shall have been
first examined, inspected, analyzed and marked
by the Inspector of Phosphates. And it shall
be the duty of all persons, bringing into this
State for sale, any gulnos or fertilizers, OF man
in this State, for sale, amy such fer
tilizers, to furnish to the Inspectors of Phos-
pilates formula representing the average con-
tents of each fifty tons of the same, and to
cause the same, or rs many packages thereof aS
may be necessary to make u correct average
sample of the whole to be examined and in"
spected. And it shall be the duty Of the In
spector to examine and analyzc all such sam.
pies of guan0s and other fertilizers, and, If
found to agree with the formula thereof, re-
quired to be furnished Us above, and rs pub
lished to she public, to mark or brand each
package thereof; but if the same upon analysis
Shall not conform to the formula so furnished
and published, the Inspector shall not brand or
mark the same. and it shall he unlawful for the
holder or owner thereof to sell the same.
Sec. 5. That, to carry into effect the purposes
of the foregoing Section of this Act, the Inspec-
tor of Phosphates shall, at all times, have and
be allowed free and uninterrupted access to all
vessels, cars, warehouses, manufactures and
storehouses where such fertilizers are or are
supposed to be, and to take samples thereof.
And it shall be the duty of all captains of yes
sells, or other carriers or persons bringing such
fertilizers into the State, to report the same 20
the Inspector of Phosphates Immediately upon
arrival; and it shall be the duty of all mana-
factories of such fertilizers in this State to re-
facturcd for sale.
Sec. 6. That any person who shall counter
felt the brand of said Inspector, or shall repack
any package previously marked or branded by
said Inspector, shall, ON conviction thereof, be
fined for each and every offence, the sum of one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 7. That in case of the sickness or tenn
porary absence of the Inspector, or if the con-
venient dispatch of the duties of his office shall
require the same, the said Inspector is hereby
authorized to appoint Deputy-one or more.
Sec. 8. That for his compensation for the in
spection and branding of fertilizers, the said
Inspector shall be entitled to charge twenty-five
cents for each ton so inspected and branded,
the same to be paid by the owner. agent or
manufacturer, and which shall be collectable of
and from the person having the same in charge.
And for his compensation for the examination
of the phosphate rocks and phosphate depos-
its dug, mined, excavated and removed from
the beds of the nayigablc waters and streams
of the State, he shall be paid, from the State
Treasury, seven and a half cents per centum on
all amounts paid to the State as royalty for the
privilege Of 50 digging, mining, e1cavating and
removing such rocks and deposits. And the
said Inspector is hereby authorized to require
conformity with all regulations which shall be
by him made, with the approval of the State
Auditor, and which shall be reasonable and
proper, to enable the said Inspector to carry
out the purposes of this Act: And should the
office of State Auditor be abolished, the duties
herein required of him, and the reports re-
quired to be made by him, shall be exercised
by, and the reports be made to, the Comptrol-
lcrGencral.