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Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Car. Bd. Of Agriculture, 171 U.S. 345 (1898)
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Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Car. Bd. Of Agriculture, 171 U.S. 345 (1898)
Patapsco Guano Company v. North Carolina Board of Agriculture No. 9 Argued March 3-4, 1898 Decided May 81, 1898. 171 U.S. 345
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
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The Act of the Legislature of North Carolina of January 21, 1891, must be regarded as an act providing for the inspection of fertilizers and fertilizing materials in order to prevent the practice of imposition on the people of the state, and the charge of twenty-five cents per ton as intended merely to defray the cost of such inspection, and as it is competent for the state to pass laws of this character, the requirement of inspection and payment of its cost does not bring the act into collision with the commercial power vested in Congress, and clearly this cannot be so as to foreign commerce, for clause two of section ten of article one expressly recognizes the validity of state inspection laws, and allows the collection of the amounts necessary for their execution, and the same principle must apply to interstate commerce.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Car. Bd. Of Agriculture, 171 U.S. 345 (1898) in 171 U.S. 345 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2JG9LZFBUXX4IE4.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Car. Bd. Of Agriculture, 171 U.S. 345 (1898), in 171 U.S. 345, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2JG9LZFBUXX4IE4.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Car. Bd. Of Agriculture, 171 U.S. 345 (1898). cited in 1898, 171 U.S. 345. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2JG9LZFBUXX4IE4.
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