Chap. 215.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act
to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of
commercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are
to be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violations of the same, ap-
proved February 24, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an
act to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 6,and 10 of an act entitled an act to
protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of com-
mercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are
to be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violations of the same, ap-
proved March 9, 1894.

Approved February 1, 1896.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
ten of an act entitled an act to protect and advance agriculture by
regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers, and the
guarantee and condition upon which they are to be sold, and fixing
the penalties incurred for violation to the same, approved February
twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, as amended
and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec-
tions two, four, six, and ten of an act entitled an act to protect and
udvance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial
fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are to
be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violation to the same,
approved March eight, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

§ 10. The “commercial fertilizer” or fertilizers where the same are
used in this act, shall not be held to include lime, land plaster,
ashes or common salt, or tobacco stems, ground and unground, or
any chemicals or ingredients used in manufacturing fertilizers in-
tended for sale. All fertilizers sold or offered for sale in violation
of this act shall be seized by the commissioner of agriculture or his
agent, and shall be delivered to the officer of the court having juris-
diction of the offense, and said fertilizers shall be subject to the
disposition made of the same by said court. All moneys arising
from seizures of fertilizers shall be for the use and benefit of the
board of agriculture.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.