The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-22

AN ACT provide for analyzng fertilizers and other
purposes
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Legi$za
ture Of the State Of Mississippi, That each
and every manufacturer and vendor selling
or offering for sale, for use in this State any
commercial manures as artifcially manu-
featured fertilizers, by whatsoever name
called, animal eXcrement excepted, shall
keep in his place of business, or possession,
for inspection by the public, fair printed
analysis of the same.
SEC. 2. Be IL .fau'ther enaeted, That the
person occupying the chair of professor of
chemistry in the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College at Starkville, Mississippi, be and
he is hereby declared ex-ofieio State
| Chemist
SEC. 3. Be It further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the State Chem
list to analyze samples of all fertilizers
whether natural or artificial, submitted to
him by manufacturers, vendors or other per-
sons using the same, and to furnish such
persons with certificate of his analysis.
Sec f. Be IL further enacted, That every
manufactures of fertilizer which now is,
or may hereafter be offered for sale in this
State, shall, on or before the first day of No
vember, 1882, submit fair samples of his
manufacture to the State Chemist for analy-
sis, and annually thereafter proUided, that
| if said manufacturer shall at any time make
for sale any fertilizer of composition diff
fering from the articles previously analysed,
he shall, before offering such new manufac-
ture for sale, submit a fair sample of the
said new article for analysis, and in all cases
the samples must be taken from several
sacks, boxes, barrels or other packages con-
tanning the same, and accompanied with an
affidavit of the manufacturer or person sub
hitting the sample for analysis, with the seal
of the county affixed thereon, that the sam
pie sent is fair sample of the amount to
be manufactured, sold or used.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further e1tQctef, That every
manufacturer Of fertilizer shall pay to the
State Chemist, for each analysis and certifi-
cate of the same, the sum of twenty dollars,
and shall display in conspicuous place in
his Office of business the certificate or Ger
| tificates SO furnished, for the inspection of
every one purchasing or intending to pur-
chase said fertilizer, and any manufacturer
or vendor who shall sell or offer for sale any
fertilizer without first complying with the
provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
| shall be fined not less than twenty five, nor
exceeding two hundred dollars, or impris-
oned in the county jail not less than thirty
days nor more than six months, or both
such fine and Imprisonment at the discretion
of the court
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, That any
person or persons purchasing any fertilizers
| from any manufacturers or vendors in this
State, and who themselves (the purchasers)
are citizens of the State, may, If they de-
SIRE submit fair samples of such fertilizers
| to the State Chemist, but in order to pro-
| tect the manufacturers or vendors, from the
submission for analysis of spurious sam
nlas the nerSon or DprSOnS selecting the
same, shall do so in the presence of one or
more disinterested persons, which samples
shall be taken from one or more packages
and bottled, corked and sealed In presence
of said witnesses, and this sample package
or bottle placed in the hands Of disinter-
ested person, who is to forward the same at
the expense of the purchaser to the State
Chemist, when the purchaser so desires, and
upon the receipt by him of any such sample
package, the State Chemist is hereby au-
thorized and required to analyze the same
free of charge and return to such purchaser
or purchasers certificate or certificates of
analysis. The certificates shall in all cases
set forth the components of said fertilizers
with their respective quantities, date Of
analysis and the name or names of persons
Submitting the samples, and be signed By
the State Chemist, who is hereby required to
keep an accurate record Of the same, and
the said certificates or record, when verified
by the affidavit Of the State Chemist, shall