motion of competitive exhibits of agricultural productions throughout the State and by all proper means to advance the agricultural interests of the State. The said Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration shall further have all the powers and be charged with the duties of aiding and encouraging immigration into this State. The said bureau shall compile data for the information of immigrants; giving values of land; their excessibility, the facilities for the transportation and sale of crops therefrom, the prices of lands, and all other incidental information that may be desired by immigrants. Said Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration as herein created, shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law upon the Bureau of Agriculture and the Bureau of Immigration, respectively, as they have previously existed under the law.

SEC. 2. That said Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration is empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the intentions of this act; and is authorized to employ a clerk at not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum, and a stenographer and typewriter at not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month.

SEC. 3. That the said Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall hold his office for the term of four (4) years and until his successor is qualified; he shall take the oath prescribed by law for other State officers; he shall keep his office in the State Capitol at Baton Rouge; he shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500), to be paid monthly upon his own warrant upon the Auditor of Public Accounts.

SEC. 4. That for all expenses incidental to the operation of this bureau the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to direct the Auditor to draw his warrants upon the Treasurer for such amounts as the bureau shall deem proper, but in no event to exceed the amount which may be appropriated for this purpose, such vouchers for said expenses to be marked Agricultural Fund for said expenses incident to agriculture, and to be marked Immigration Fund for such expenses incident to immigration.

SEC. 5. That this act shall go into effect on the third Monday in May, 1896, when a Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be appointed to serve until the third Monday in May, 1900, and until his successor is qualified, who shall take the places of and discharge all the duties now incumbent upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration respectively.

SEC. 6. That all laws in conflict with this act be and the same are here repealed.

DUTIES AND POWERS.

Act 53 of 1884, p. 73.

SECTION 1. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Louisiana, who, together, with the President of the State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Professor of Agricultural Chemistry of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, shall constitute a "Bureau of Agriculture," which shall provide for the proper and careful distribution of any seeds that the government of the United States may desire to introduce into this State, and shall make arrangements for the importation of seeds that may be deemed of value to the State, and for a careful, proper and judicial distribution of the same; also for the exchange of seeds with foreign countries or adjoining States for seeds from this State, and their distribution in a proper manner shall be entirely under the supervision and control of the bureau. First-Said bureau shall have under its special charge the study of the various insects that are injurious to crops, plants and fruits of the State, their habits and propagation; and the bureau shall at various times, as it may deem proper, issue circulars for distribution as to the proper mode of their destruction, and any information upon said subject that it may deem of interest to the planters, farmers and horticulture of the State. Second-Said bureau shall examine into any question that may be of interest to the horticulturists and fruit growers of the State, and use all endeavors that it may deem proper toward encouraging those industries. Third-Said bureau shall have under its special charge the diseases of grains, fruits and other crops of the State, and it shall at various times report upon the remedies for the removal of said diseases, and any useful information upon said subject that it may deem of

importance to advance the purposes of this bureau. Fourth-Said bureau shall report upon any other matter connected with the productions of the dairy that it may deem of importance to the interest of the people of the State. Fifth-It shall be the duty of the bureau to investigate and report upon the culture of wool, silk and agriculture, the utility and profits of the same, and to procure all information on these branches that it may deem important. Sixth-Said bureau shall investigate the subject of irrigation, and how the State can be most benefited thereby, and procure all information upon this subject that it may deem important to the people of the State. Seventh-Said bureau shall give attention to fencing and hedging, and to the forests and timber of the State, and report upon the best manner of preserving the same; also as to the best time for felling trees to be converted into lumber for agricultural purposes, and shall suggest and report, from time to time, anything which may aid in developing this agricultural industry. Eighth-Said bureau shall inquire and report upon any improvements in the staple and culture of cotton, and the manufacture of sugar, and the central system of sugar manufacture.

Act 54 of 1884, p. 75.

SECTION 1. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one Commissioner of Immigration for the State of Louisiana, who, together, with the President of the Cotton Exchange. President of the Sugar Exchange and the President of the New Orleans Maritime Association, shall constitute a Bureau of Immigration, who shall have power to appoint one or more agents in various parts of Europe and other places, at their discretion, for the purpose of encouraging and directing immigrants to this State; to make contracts with the railroad and packet companies, and other companies and persons, and to perform such other functions as are necessary to secure the ends aimed at by this act; and that said commissioner be authorized to contract with the owners or proprietors of tracts of land or plantations, for the purpose of obtaining and securing temporary or permanent homes and employment of the immigrants settling or desiring to settle in this State; provided, however, that said Bureau of Immigration or its agents shall not under any consideration, involve the State in any indebtedness or expense in amount exceeding the sum which may be appropriated for such purposes.

SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of Immigration shall each year collect and compile for publication and distribution. all statistics and facts relating to the character and resources of this State, to be issued in pamphlet, circular or other forms, as he may judge best and necessary to further the objects of this act. Said Commissioner shall keep in his office an accurate account of all moneys received and expended by him, and report the same, together with the progress and results of his office to the Legislature, during the first week of each regular session, or at any called session of the Legislature, if required by that body.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to keep in his office a register of lands for sale in the State of Louisiana, and the names of persons who desire to purchase lands, or to secure employees or employment in Louisiana, in the manner and upon the terms hereinafter provided.

SEC. 4. That any citizen of Louisiana may register in the office of the Commissioner any lands owned by him or her which are for sale in the State, giving an abstract of titles to said lands, with a condensed description of the same, on payment of a fee of two dollars and no more, to the Commissioner, for each separate tract or parcel of land so registered.

SEC. 5. That any person desiring to purchase lands, to secure employees, or employment may register his or her name, with a statement of his or her wants, in the office of the Commissioner, on a payment of a fee of fifty cents to said Commissioner; provided. all moneys thus received by said Commissioner shall be paid by him quarterly, into the State treasury; provided, the register of the Commissioner shall always be open to public examination free of charge, and a strict and correct account of the same being kept and reported to the Legislature at the regular session thereof.

The sections of both acts not printed refer to appointment of officers, term of office, etc., and are repealed by Act 141 of 1894, supra.

PARIS GREEN.

Act 131, 1890, p. 171.

AN ACT to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of Paris green used as an insecticide; by establishing the guarantees and conditions upon which it is to be sold, and by fixing the penalties incurred by violations of such conditions; by providing for its analysis and establishing the liability of the seller to the purchaser, when the analysis falls below the guarantee given; by providing for the collection of money and the disposition thereof.

SECTION 1. That the Bureau of Agriculture shall be charged with the duties of regulating the sale and purity of Paris Green used as an insecticide in this

State.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of any manufacturer or dealer in original packages of Paris Green before the same is offered for sale in this State, to submit to the Commissioner of Agriculture a written or printed statement setting forth: First-The brands of Paris Green to be sold; the number of pounds contained in each package in which it is to be put upon the market for sale, and the name or names of the manufacturers and the place of manufacture. SecondThe statement setting forth the amount of arsenic which they are willing to guarantee the said Paris Green to contain, and the statement so furnished shall be considered as constituting a guarantee to the purchaser that every package of such Paris Green contained not less than the amount of arsenic set forth in the statement.

SEC. 3. That every person proposing to deal in Paris Green shall, after filing the statement above provided for with the Commissioner of Agriculture, receive from the said Commissioner of Agriculture a certificate stating that he has complied with the foregoing section, which certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner without any charge therefor. That said certificate when furnished shall authorize the party receiving the same to deal in this State in Paris Green; that no person who has failed to file the statement aforesaid and to receive the certificate of authority aforesaid, shall be authorized to deal in this State in Paris Green, and any person so dealing in this State without having filed the aforesaid statement and received the certificate aforesaid shall be liable for each violation to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, which fine shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioner of Agriculture or of any citizen, and shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided; and provided further that nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale by retail dealers throughout the State of Paris Green which has already been guaranteed and labeled, as provided for in this

act.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture or its Commissioners at the opening of each season to issue and distribute circulars setting forth the brands of Paris Green, their percentage of arsenic as claimed by the dealers, and to more particularly describe them they shall be separated into two clases, viz.: First-Those brands containing fifty per cent. or more of arsenic shall be classed as strictly pure,' and second, all falling below this percentage, shall be classed "impure."

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to cause to be prepared labels" of suitable material, fitted to be attached to packages of Paris Green and to have printed thereon, "Guaranteed," with a blank space into which may be stamped by the Commissioner of Agriculture the words strictly pure," or "impure," as the guarantee may require, also the year or season in which it is to be used, and a fac simile of the signature of said Commissioner. The said labels shall be furnished by the said Commissioner to any dealers in Paris Green, who shall have complied with the foregoing provisions of this act upon payment by the said dealer to the said commissioner of fifty cents for a sufficient number to label one hundred pounds of said Paris Green.

SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of every person before offering for sale any Paris Green as insecticide in this State to attach or cause to be attached to each package one of the labels hereinbefore described. designating the quantity of Paris Green in the package to which it is attached. Any person who shall sell

any package of Paris Green, or any part thereof, which has not been labeled as herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars for each omission, which penalty may be sued for either by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by any person for the uses hereinafter declared. Any person who shall counterfeit or use a counterfeit of the label prescribed by this act, or who shall use them a second time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars; one-half of which shall be paid to the informer, which fine may be doubled or trebled at each second or third conviction, and so on progressively for subsequent convictions.

SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of every person who sells a package of Paris Green, upon the request of the purchaser to draw from the same and in the presence of the purchaser or his agent a fair and correct sample, and to have the same securely enclosed and sealed and sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture for analysis by the official chemist of the State, and if upon analysis the said Paris Green shall be found below the guarantee given to the Commissioner of Agriculture and printed on the package, then the said seller shall be liable to said purchaser for all damages accruing from said difference recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State.

SEC. 8. That the copy of the official chemist's analysis of any Paris Green certified to by him shall be admissible as evidence in any court of the State on the trial of any issue involving the merits of said Paris Green.

SEC. 9. That the Bureau of Agriculture shall adopt needful rules and regulations providing for the collection of the money arising from the sale of labels. or from any fines imposed under this act and shall deposit the same with the Treasurer of the State and the fund so constituted shall be drawn therefrom upon warrants issued by the Auditor of the State upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Agriculture made in pursuance of such rules and regulations. All sums of money arising from the provisions of this act shall be known as the "Paris Green Fund "and shall be kept by the Treasurer separate from other public funds, and shall be used exclusively, after paying the expenses of the cost of labels, for the three Experimental Stations now established in this State, provided that all analyses required under this act shall be performed, under such regulations as may be agreed on free of any charge whatever.

SEC. 10. That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall keep a correct and faithful account of all labels received and sold by him and the amount of money collected therefor and all money arising from fines under this act.

FERTILIZERS.

Act 72, 1894, p. 83.*

AN ACT to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers and the guarantee and conditions upon which they are to be sold, and by fixing the penalties incurred by violations of such conditions; by imposing an inspection fee on all commercial fertilizers manufactured or sold for use in this State; by providing for practical and other experiments in relation thereto; by reorganizing the Bureau of Agriculture, increasing its powers and those of the Commissioner of Agriculture; by creating an official chemist, defining his duties and powers, and by repealing laws in conflict herewith.

Section 1 provides for the reorganization of the Board of Agriculture and is superseded by Act 141 of 1894, printed supra.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of any manufacturer or dealer in commercial fertilizers (which term shall not be held to include lime, land, plaster, cotton seed meal, ashes or common salt), before the same are offered for sale in this State, to submit the same to the Commissioner of Agriculture for inspection and to furnish a written or printed statement setting forth: First-The name and brand under which said fertilizers is to be sold, the number of pounds contained

*At the time of going to press, September 1897, there are pending in the Supreme Court cases No. 12,516, State vs. H. S. Crozier and No. 12,519 State ex rel. Crozier vs. Rost, Judge, wherein this Act is attacked as being in conflict with Constitution Article 29, and the Constitution and Laws of the United States.

or to be contained in the package in which it is to be put upon the market for sale, and the name or names of the manufacturers, and the place of manufacture. Second-A statement setting forth the amount of the named ingredients which they are willing to guarantee said fertilizer to contain (1) nitrogen, (2) soluble phosphoric acid. Third-Reverted phosphoric acid. Fourth-Insoluble phosphoric acid. Fifth-Potash. Said statement, so to be furnished, shall be considered as constituting a guarantee to the purchaser that every package of such fertilizers contains not less than the amount of each ingredient set forth in the statements. This shall, however, not preclude the party making the statement from setting forth any other ingredient which his fertilizer may contain, which additional ingredients shall be considered as embraced in the guarantee above stated. That an inspection fee of fifty cents per ton upon all fertilizers sold for use in this State shall be paid by the sellers thereof to the Commissioner of Agriculture, which inspection fee shall cover the cost of actual inspection, all analyses of samples made by the Commissioner or his official chemist of his own volition or at the request of either the seller or the buyer, and the certificate to be furnished by him; and the payment of such inspection fee shall be evidenced by tags to be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture sufficient in number to place one upon each package of fertilizer required to make up a ton according to the way in which the particular fertilizer may be packed and shipped.

SEC. 3. That every person proposing to deal in commercial fertilizers shall, after submitting the same for inspection and filing the statement above provided for with the Commissioner of Agriculture, receive from the said Commissioner of Agriculture a certificate stating that he has complied with the foregoing section, which certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture without any additional charge therefor. That the said certificate, when furnished, shall authorize the party receiving the same to manufacture for sale in this State, or to deal in this State in commercial fertilizers or to sell fertilizers for use in this State. That no person who has failed to file the statement aforesaid and to receive the certificate of authority aforesaid, shall be authorized to manufacture for sale in this State, or to deal in commercial fertilizers, or to sell fertilizers for use in this State. And any person so manufacturing for sale in this State, or so dealing, or selling for use in this State without having submitted his fertilizers for inspection and filed the aforesaid statement and received the certificate aforesaid shall be liable for each violation to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), which fine shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the Commissioner of Agriculture or any citizen, without bond or advanced cost, and shall be disposed of as hereafter provided.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Bureau of Agriculture or its commissioners, at the opening of each season, to issue and distribute circulars, setting forth the brands of fertilizers sold in this State, their analysis as claimed by their manufacturers or dealers and their relative, and, if known, the commercial value.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture, under the regulations of said bureau, to cause to be prepared tags of suitable material, with proper fastenings for attaching the same to packages of fertilizers, and to have printed thereon the word "Guaranteed," with the year or season in which they are to be used, and a fac simile of the signature of said commissioner. The said tag shall be furnished by the said commissioner to any dealer in or manufacturer of commercial fertilizers, who shall have complied with the foregoing provisions of this act upon the payment by said dealer or manufacturer to the said commissioner, of fifty cents for a sufficient number of said tags to tag a ton of such commercial fertilizers, as evidence of the payment of the inspection fee provided for in section two.

SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of every person, before offering for sale any commercial fertilizers in this State or for use in this State, to attach or cause to be attached to each bag, barrel or package thereof, one of the tags herein before described, designating the quantity of the fertilizer in the bag, barrel or package to which it is attached, as evidence of the payment of the inspection fee imposed by section two. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any package of commercial fertilizer which has not been tagged as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each offence; and the said person shall be