The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-14

moved, to furnish .; a;copy OF the bill or
bills Of lading. which reports shall be
verified by the oath Of the person max
ing the same. And it shall be the duty
of all captains of vessels and railroad
Phosphates duplicates of oil bills of
lading of all oargoes of such rock and
deposit with which their vessels or onrs
may be freighted for export from this
State, or for transportation within this
State. Add to the end that the said In
speotor 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. exoayated and
removed, he shall, at all times, have and
be allowed free and uninterrupted access
TO all places where such rocks and depo-
sits ere dug, mined or excavated, and to
all warehouses or opened or enclosed
places where such rocks aud deposits ore
stored, and to all vessels, railroad cars or
conveyahces in or by which such rocks
and deposits are being removed.
SEQ. 3. That the said Inspector of
Phosphates shall report to the Auditor Of
the State, monthly, the amount OF phos-
phatic rocks and phosphate 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 excavnted, by
what vessel or other mode Of transporta-
tion the same was removed, with such
other particulars as may enable the
State Auditor correctly to 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 ex
amined, inspected, analyzed and marked
by the Inspector of Phosphates. Aud it
shall be the duty of all persons bringing
into this State, for sale, any guanos or
fertilizers, manufacturing in this State,
for sale, any such fertilizors, to furnish
to the Inspector of Phosphates formula
representing the average contents OF
each fifty tons of the same, and to cause
the same, or as many packages thereof
as may be necessary to make a correct
average sample of the whole, to be ex-
amined and inspected. And it shall be
the duty of the Inspector to examine
and analyze all such samples of guanos
and fertilizers. and, if found to agree
with the formula thereof required to bo
furnished as above, and as published to
she public. to mark or brnnd ench pack
age thereof; but if the same, upon anu
lysls, shall not conform to The formula
30 furnished and published, the Inspec.
tor shall not brand or mark the same,
and it shall be unlawful for tho holder
or owner thereof to sell the same.
SEC. b. That, to carry into effect the
purposes of fhe foregoing section of this
Act. the Inspector of Phosphates shall.
at all times, have and be allowed free
and uninterrupted access to oil vessels,
cars, warehouses. manufactures and
or are supposed to be, aud to take sam
pies thereof. And it shall bs the duty
of all captains of vessels, or other cur
riers or persons bringing such fertilizers
into the Stnte, to report the samo to the
Inspector of Phosphates Immediately
upon arrival; and it shall be tho dnty Of
all manufactures of such fertilizers in
this State to report to tho said Inspector
all Quantities manufactured for sale.
SEQ. 6. That any person who shall
counterfeit the brand of said Inspector,
or shall repack any package previously
marked or branded by said Inspector,
shall, on conviction thereof, he fined for
each and evory offence the sum of one
hundred dollars.
SEC. z. That in case of the sickness or
temporary abKence of the Inspector, or
if the convenient despatch of the duties
of his Office shall require tho same. the
said Inspector is hereby authorized to
appoint deputy-one or more
SEQ. 8. That for his compensation for
the inspection and branding of fertilizers
the said Inspector shnll bo entitled to
charge twenty five centa for each ton so
inspected and branded, the same to be
paid by the owner, agent or manufac-
tnrer. and which shall be collectable of
and from the person having tho same in
charge. And for his compensation for
the examination Of the phosphate rocks
and phosphate deposits dug, mined, OK
cavated aDd removed from the beds of
the navigablo waters and streams of the
State. he shall bo paid, from the State
Treasury. seven and-a-half cents per
centum on nll amounts paid to the State
as royalty for tho privilege of SO dig.
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