The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-09
BOARD OF AGRICULruRE.
The Bill Reported TO the House 90 Establish a
Department of Agriculture, ssiring, and
Manufacturing Provisions la Regard 20
Agricultural Fertilizer.


! Reported from Committee on Agriculture snd
Mininsl
I. BE IL enacted by the Genera! Assembly
/ Of Virginia, That section Of an act ap-
! proved March 20, 1877, entitled "An Act
/ TO Establish a Department oi Agriculture,
\ Mining, and Manufacturing for the State, ("
/ be amended and reenacted ~ follows:
! So. That the salary OF said Commissioner
shall be two thousand dollars per annum,
and the salary Of his clerk and other
/ employees shall be fixed by the Board ef
Agriculture.
2. Ind b. Il further enacted, That the
act entitled"an act 20 establish Depart
mept Of Agriculture, Mining. and Manu-
/ featuring for the State, approved March
/ 20, 1877. be, aud the same is hereby,
amended by adding thereto the following
/ SECTORS, to come i'm after section 2:
! .. There shall be
BOARD OP AGRICULuRR,
/ to be constituted as follows: The Governor,
who shall BE- e1-oficio chairman; the Com
missioner OF Agriculture, the superinteud-
cnt Of Public Instruction. and two agricul-
/ turiSts, 10 be appointed by the Governor.
/ 10. The Board shall meet for the transac-
/ tiOu OF business in the city OF Richmond as
often as the Governor may deem cXpedient.
/ The two agricultural members shall re-
ceiye no compensation, bat shall De allowed
their actual expenses while engaged I'M the
duties herein prescribed.
II. The Board shall prescribe such rules
and regulations for the government ~ the
Commissioner - they may think proper
in relation 10 the improvement of the agIi
culture Of the state, FOR the inducement OF
immigration and capital, and for the en-
/ forccment and supervision OF the laws re-
! srecting the ale Of commercial fertilizers
and seeds.
II. I'm order 10 facilitate the
COLLECTION or RELIABLE STATISTICS,
! It Is made the duty Of the Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts 10 have printed on the per-
sonal-property blanks furnished the COM
missiOncrS OF the revenue Of the several
counties such questions rs may be prepared
for this purpose by the Commissioner oi
Agriculture: and the revenue officers list
ing the taxes shall require each citizen, At
the time Of listing his taxable property,
10 answer said questions as FAR as
practicable The commissioner Of the
revenue shall cOllate the answers
thus made. when he makes mp his
personal-propcrty taX-book on one blank
form. and transmit The same TO the
Commissioner 0f Agriculture on or before
the 1st day of November i'm each year. The
Commissioner Of Agriculture shall consoli-
date these returns and keep them in such
form rs will be- convenient public inspec-
tion.
10. No manipulated gl@no, superphos-
phatc, or other
CONHERCIAL MANURE,
shall be sold or offered for sale IN this state
until the manufacturer or person import
ing the same shall first obtain license there
I Tor from the Treasurer Of the state, FOR
which he shall pay an annual privilege tax
Of $500 for each separate brand or quality.
| Any person, corporation, or company who
/ shall violate the provisions OF This act, or
who shall sell or offer for sale any
such fertilizer, contrary 10 the pro-
visions OF this section, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemctuOr, and,
upon conviction, shall be fined not less
/ than 500 nor more than 1000, or be i'm
prisoned not less than one month nor NOR,
than six months. And al fertilizers so
sold or offered for sale shall be subject 70
seizure and condemnation IN the same
manner A. is provided in this act for the
seizure and condemnation of spurious fer
tilizcrs, subject, however, 10 the discretion
Of the Commissioner OF Agriculture TO re-
lease the fertilizers 80 seized and con-
demned upon the payment OF the license
tax and all costs and expense incurred by
the Commissioner in such proceeding.
H. Every bag, barrel, or other package
Of such fertilizer, as designated i'm the fore
gong section. offered for -alc in this State
shall have thereon aplainly printed label OF
stamp. a copy Of which shall be- fled with
/ the Commissioner OF Agriculture when the
/ liccnse-taX j. paid, and which shall be uni
/ formly used, and shall not be changed du-
/ ring the year for which surb license j.
/ issued and the said label or stamp shall
truly set forth the name, location, and
/ trademark Of the manufacturer; also
THE CHEMICAL cOMPOsu1oN
OF the contents OF such package. and the real
percentage OF any Of the following ngrcdi-
cnts asserted 10 be present-to vii, soluble
and prcciptated ph0sphorlc acid, soluble
pOtassa, ammonia, or IL equivalent in
nitrogen. together with the date of its
anayzation. and that the privilege tax pro-
vided for in section II OF ,lis act has been
paid: and any such fertilizer ~ shall be as
certaincd by analysis not 10 contain the in
gredents and percentage sci forth as
above provided shall be liable TO seizure
and condemnation, as hereinafter pre-
,cribcd, and when condemned shall be
sold by the Commissioner of Agri-
culture for the exclusive use aud benefit Of
the Board. The proceeding 10 eondcm the
same shall De by civil action in the county
court Of the county where the fertilizer l.
on sale. and in the name Of the C0nmis-
siOner II Agriculture, who shall not be re-
quired 10 give bond Tor the prosecution Of
said action; and al or before the summons
is issued the said Commissioner or his
agent shall make affidavit before the clerk
Of said count Of these fac's-tO wit: First,
that license has been obtained for the sale
Of a fertilizer Of q particular brand; sec
ond, that samples OF the same have been
ANALYZRD UNDER AUTHORITY OF TIE CON-
MISSIONER,
and found TO correspond with the label
attached 10 the same; third, that the de-
fcDdmt in the summons has IN hl- pOsses~
sion, and on sale, fertilizers OF the same
name and brand, and bearing label or
stamp representing the analysis made;
and fourth, that the fertilizers on hand and
on sale are spurious, and dO not in fact
contain the ingredients or in the proper
ton represented by the gtamp or label on
them; whercupon the clerk shall issue
his order to the sheriff OF the county
10 seize and hold all the fertilizers In
possession of the defendant, labelled or
stamped rs the affidavit described; and
the sheriff shall seize and hold the fertili-
zers so seized until ordered 10 be surren-
dered by the judge in term time, unless
the defendant shall give bond with justified
surety, in double the value OF the fertilizers
seized. 10 answer the judgment Of the
Court, In which ease he shall surrender the
fertilizers 10 the defendant, and ile this
Al. Il. ~.