The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-08-11
The Egis and Intelligencer
BEL AIR. Md, AUGUST IL, 1882.
AN ACT TO Prevent Fraud in the Manu-
tacture and sale of Commercial Ferttl-
iZers and Bone Dust I'm Hartford COun-

AN ACT TO Prevent Fraud in the MANN
facture and sale of Commercial Fertil.
izers and Rome Dust I'm Hartford COun.
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SECTION l. Be II enacted 6y the General assembly
of VGr,,Iand That anyIperson, company or corpor-
alton. who shall offer, sell or expose for sale in
Hartford county any commercial fertilizer or bone
dust the price of which exceeds ten dollars ton,
shall afiX to every package in a conspicuous
place on the outside thereof, plainly marked
certificate, stating the number OF net pounds IN
the package sold or offered for sale the name on
name of the manufacturer, and tine place o. mali
ufacture, and chemical analysis stating the per-
in anv ayaliaSle FORM of potash soluble in water,
and of phosphorc acid in an aVallaDle 1orIn tsol-
uble or reverted) as well as the total phosphoric
acid. ..,o, su.u,o. 90
bone dust is sold or offered for sale. the manufae-
or oifered for sale within Hartford county, shall
file with the Clerk to the County Commissioners
of Hartford county, a certified copy OF the certif-
cate mentioned in the foregoing section of this
act and also affidavit that the analysis ed has
been properly made by competent chemist, and
shall deposit with said clerk sealed glass or tin
fertilizer or bone dust, accompanied with an afh-
davlt that it is fair average sample: And 1t
shall be the duty of said clerk to mark said depos
its with the name of the manufacturer, and keep
record of the name of the person (agent depos-
iting the same, and of the time when deposited
and said Clerk shall receive a fee of fifty cents
for each deposit, to be paid by the person depos-
iting the same.
SEC g. The manufacturer, importer or agent
of any commercial fertilizer or bone dust, exceed
ing ten dollars per ton in price, shall pay annual
ly on or before the first day OF May license fee
of twenty five dollars and shall give bond in the
sum of one thousand dollars, with at least two
sureties residents of Hartford county, answerable
for the damages and fines nerein after mentioned
filed with said Clerk, for the privilege Of selling
or offering for sale any commercial fertilizer or
bone dust in Hartford county said fee to be paid
me the GnE
license fee herein required for any persons act
ing as agents for such manufacturer or importer,
such agents shall not be required to pay the fee
named in this section.
or bone dust shall be made by an experienced
chemist, who shall be appointed by the Governor
at the same time state olliters are appointed the
successor is duly appointed and qualified. The
annual salary to be paid to said chemist shall be
five dollars which shall be paid out of the Treas
ury of the State. The said chemist shall receive,
in addition to the said annual salary, fee of $25
for each and every analysis made 6y MIN ~ under
Clerk out of the funds in his hands arising from
licenses or fines.
two weeks, in one or more newspapers of the
county, beginning the first week in May, a cor
rect report of all certificates filed together with
statement of money received on account OF Ii
cense fees, and expended on account of analyses;
and any surplus, arising from license permits or
fines, shall be placed to the credit of the public
roads of Hartford county.
SEC. 9. Any person or party who shall offer or
expose for sale any commercial fertilizer or bone
dust without complying with the provisions of
sections one, two, and three of this act or shall
permit an analysis to be attached toany package
of such fertilizer, stating that 1t contains larger
percentage of any one or more OF the constituents
named in section one OF this act, than it really
does contain, shall be fined not less than two hun
dred dollars for the first offense and not less than
tive hundred dollars for every subsequent ofense,
but the fines shall not be inflicted for violations
of the provisions Of this act more than. once for
violations in any one shipment Into this county,
nor for any one lot If made in Hartford county
provided, however, that deficiency of one per
cent. of nitrogen, potash, ammonia, or four per
cent. of phosphoric acid, claimed to be contained,
shall not be considered as evidence of fraudulent
intent.
fines and damages under the provisions of this
act, In the Circuit Court for Hartford county; and
all fines recovered shall be paid to the Clerk to
the County Commissioners, to be accounted for
and to be disposed of by him in the same manner
rs the fees arising from licenses, as provided for
in section of this act.
SEC. s. The Clerk to the County Commission
ers, or some competent person, by him deputized,
is hereby empowered to select from any package
Of commercial fertilizer or bone dust sold in Har-
ford county, upon the request of the purchaser,
quantity, not exceeding two pounds, which shall
be securely enclosed in a tin or glass vessel, and
number the same, but shall atiiX no other marks
thereto And the said Clerk shall correctly re-
cord the number. of the sample, by whom deposit
ted, the date of the deposit, the name of the arti
Gle, and such other information as may be fur
nished by the depositor of the sample. And the
said Clerk shall give to the said depositor a re-
cept for the sample setting forth the number by
which it is recorded, and the information fur
nished tire said Clerk in regard thereto by the de-
postor. For every such record and receipt the
Clerk shall be entitled tot fee of fifty cents to be
paid by the person depositing the sample. The
fee TO the said Clerk shall be dollar, to be paid
by the person requesting the said sample to
be drawn. The sample so numbered and de-
scrbed shall be for analysis, to compare with the
sample deposited with said Clerk, as provided in
section of this act, and with the certificate
found on the packages from which the sample
was drawn.
SEC Q. All suits for the recovery of fines I'M
der the provisions of this act shall be brought by
the Clerk to the County Commissioners, in the
name of the State of Maryland.
SEC. 10. In every suit for the recovery of fines
or of damages, under the provisions of this act,
the Clerk to the County Commissioners shall for
ward to the chemist selected under the provisions
of section A. for analysis, the numbered sample of
commercial fertilizer or bone dust deposited with
the said Clork by the party bringing the suit and
the sworn report of the analysis of such CONNER
ga fertilizer or bone dust, by the chemist afore-
SEC. IL. BE it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
SEC. IL. Be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage as to the APP
pointment of officers to carry out the provisions
thereof: but as to all other provisions not to take
effect until the first day of August. 1882.
We hereby Ce'tify, That the aforegoing is a cor
rect copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland. passed January Session, 1882
Approved May Sd, 1882.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
j. M. MILLER,
A.