Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-02-25
Amended Fertilizer Bill.

TIC IlouSc Vi DoioSdteS OIL amending
Sections 2. and of the "Manures and
Fertilizers" law, and it reads as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections 2,
and of Article 81 of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws, title "Manures and Fer
tilizers," be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re enacted to read as follows
Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That before
any fertilizer is sold, offered or exposed for
sale in the State the following conditions
must be complied with (D The importer,
manufacturer, manipulation, dealer or agent
shall take out license for the sale of fer
tilizer, which license shall be rated upon
the number of brands contemplated to be
sold at the rate of fifteen dollars for each
brand; said license to be prepared and
furnished by the Comptroller of the Treas
ury and to be issued at any time. to be
good until the first day of February follow
ing; provided, that when any such i'm
porter, manufacturer or manipulation shall
have taken out a license to sell the fertil-
izer provided for by the party who had
taken out such license. (2) Every bag,
parcel, barrel or package of fertilizer, and
every parcel or lOt if sold in bulk. must
bear in legible print or be accompanied by
clear and true statement showing the
net pounds of fertilizer in the package or
lot, the name, brand or trademark under
which the fertilizer is sold. the name and
address of the importer, manufacturer or
manipulation, the place of manufacture or
manipulation chemical analysis stating
the percentum of the minimum, and only
the minimum, contained therein of nitro
gen or its equivalent in available ammonia
of potash, soluble in distilled water, and of
available phosphoric acid, and further stat
ing the amount in pounds of each and
every ingredient contained therein. (3)
Every seller of any special formula of fer
tilizer contracted for by the seller and user
thereof shall. on or before the delivery of
same to the purchaser, stencil or print on
each sack, bag, barrel or package of the
same clear and true statement, showing
the kind and amount in pounds of each
and every ingredient contained therein.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That it shall
be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural
College to analyze, without cost or charge,
all samples of fertilizer sent to 1t for the
purpose of being analysed by any person
or persons purchasing or procuring the
same in this State for his or their use
or uses; provided, such persons are not
interested in the analyses desired other
than a consumer, of which affidavit shall
be made and shall accompany each sample
or brand; and, further, such samples are
sent and taken as prescribed by this Act
and free of cost of transportation to said
college; and it shall be the duty of the
Maryland Agricultural College to procure
samples, as far as practicable, in every
year of all fertilizers sold and used in this
State for the purpose of Analysing the
same, and any duly authorized agent or
representative of said college shall have
the right to take samples, as provided by
this Act, from any lot or parcel of fertilizer
in transit or in possession or keeping of
any manufacturer, manipulation, dealer or
agent sold or offered for sale in this State
and ii shall be the duty of the Maryland
Agricultural College to send the result of
every sample of fertilizer to the persons
from whom such samples were taken or
received, and also to publish from time to
time the results of the analyses made by
the said college of the samples sent to or
procured by 1t for such purpose; and it
shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, when reporting or publishing
the result of any analyses made, to state
the commercial value in dollars and cents
OF the fertilizer so analysed per ton Of two
thousand pounds; such value to be based
upon the analyses made by the college,
and upon standard of valuation to be
ascertained, fixed and published by said
college annually; after conference with the
proper officials Of adjacent States, il shall
be the duty of the said college in reporting
or publishing the result of any analysis
made as provided for in this section to give
to each unit of analyses its exact value,
whether it be the whole or fractional part
of unit. and in respect TO any analyses
In bone, phosphate of lime derived from
animal bone, to express the same In units
of bone phosphate Of lime. as well as its
equivalent in ph0sphOric acid: and here
| after no mechanical analyses shall be con-
sidered in fixing the commercial value of
any brand of animal bone fertilizer
| Sec 8. And be IL enacted, That any
manufacturer, dealer agent or other per-
son or persons who shall adulterate, add to
or take anything from any fertilizer sold or
offered for sale in this State, or shall make
use Of any ingredient or ingredients having
no fertiliZin9 properties or shall use the
brand or trademark of any manufacturer
or dealer other than his own shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanOr and shall, up
on conviction thereof in any court having
jurisdiction. be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars $4,000 and
Imprisonment in jail not exceeding six
months, or by fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court before whom he
shall be tried.
Sec. 2. And be ii enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
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Many medical elements 80 beneficial to
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Rockville.
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us: 81 am an ex-engineer with % years
active service TO my credit. About three