Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-05-07
CHAPTER Az.

AN ACT to regulate the inspection
and sale of Commercial Fertilizers
in the State of Maryland.
SECTION |. BE IL endcted by the GeneraE
AsSembly Of Maryland, That every pack
age of commercial fertilizers sold,
offered or exposed for sale for manur-
ial purposes within this State, shall
have plainly stamped thereon the
name of the manufacturer, the place
of manufacture, the net weight of its
contents, and an analysis stating the
per centum therein contained of
nitrogen, oritse equivalent in ammonia,
in an available form of potash soluble
in water, of available phosphoric acid
of moisture, and the materials from
which said nitrogen orits equivalent in
ammonia, phosphoIic acid and potash
are derived, with an allowance of not
more than two per centum variation
in the amount Of ammonia, three per
centum of the amount of phosphoric
acid, and one per centum of the
amount of potash.
SEC. 2. And be 10 enacted, That
every manufactures, importer or dealer
III commercial fertilizer, shall, before
selling or offering to sell any com
mercial fertilizer within this State,
take out license for the sale of fer
tiliZer, which license shall be rated
upon the amount contemplated TO be
sold as follows: for one hundred tons
or less, five dollars; for every addi-
tional one hundred tons or part there
Of, two dollars additional; provided,
that no license shall be charged upon
lots ordered by farmers to be made
after their own formula for their own
use; said license to be prepared and
furnished by the Comptroller of the
Treasury, and TO be issued from the
first day Of May to the first day Of
November in each year, and TO be
good until the succeeding first day of
May; provided, that when any manu-
facturer in this State shall have taken
out license as herein provided, it
shall not be necessary for any person
to take out license to sell the fer
tilizer manufactured by the manu-
facturer who has taken out such
license; and provided, further, that if
any person or company shall sell or
dispose of in any one year, larger
quantity than the number of tons con
templated in the application for the
license, he shall return to the Comp
troller under oath statement Of such
excess sold, and also return the amount
Of money due the State for license
for such excess sold, to be rated at two
dollars for every additional one hun
dred tons or part of one hundred tons.
SEC. 3. And be il enaetea, That
it shall be the duty of the Maryland
Agricultural College TO analyze all
samples OF fertilizer sent to il for this
purpose from any farmer, planter or
grower or manufacturer Of this State,
and purchased by him in this State
without charge, and send TO the per-
son sending said samples the result OF
said analysis; and it shall be the right
and privilege Of every farmer, planter
or grower residing in this State to
send samples Of fertilizers purchased
by him said specimens not TO be less
than twenty-five pounds in quantity,
and to be taken from the top, middle
and end OF the bag or package and
mixed together in the presence of two
witnesses.
SEC. 4. And be IL enacted, That
the funds received by the Comptroller
from the licenses issued under this Act
shall be paid into the Treasury, and be
set apart as specific fund TO pay the
cost and expenses OF conducting the
analysis provided for in section three
of this Act, and the Treasurer shall |
annually pay over to the Maryland |
Agricultural College the money re-
ceived from sale Of said license; pro-
vided, that no larger sum than two