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must bear in legible print or be accompanied by a clear and true
statement showing the net pounds of fertilizer in the package or lot,
the name, brand or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the
name and address of the importer, manufacturer or manipulator, the
place of manufacture or manipulation and a chemical analysis stating
the per centum of the minimum, and only the minimum contained
therein of nitrogen or its equivalent in available ammonia, of potash
soluble in distilled water, and of available phosphoric acid.

The provisions of this section and section 5, compared with the act of

1882, ch. 451, applicable to Harford county. The object and requirements

of this section. Snowden v. State, 69 Md. 209.

For an indictment under this section held demurrable, see State v Long,

94 Md. 637.

1004, art. 61, sec. 3. 1890, ch. 387, sec. 3.

3. Any failure to comply with any or all of the conditions pro-
vided in section 2 shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars
($100) for the first offense and of two hundred dollars for every sub-
sequent offense.

Cited but not construed in Snowden v. State, 69 Md. 210.
See notes to sec. 2.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1890, ch. 387, sec. 4.

4. Any person, firm or company selling or offering for sale any
fertilizer in this State, or intending so to do, and not licensed by the
comptroller as provided by this article shall, on or before the 31st day
of July in each and every year, send his or their name or names, with
postoffice address and the names of the kinds, brands and trade-marks,
and of the manufacturer, importer or manipulator of each fertilizer
sold or proposed to be sold, to the Maryland Agricultural College and
the same shall be registered in suitable books kept for that purpose:
and any failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be
punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25) for the first offense
and of fifty dollars ($50) for every subsequent offense.
Cited but not construed in Snowden v. State. 69 Md. 210.

Ibid, sec, 5. 1888, art. 61, sec. 3. 1886, ch. 447, sec. 3.
1890, ch. 387, sec. 5. 1894, ch. 397.

5. It shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College to
analyze without cost or charge all samples of fertilizers sent to it for
the purpose of being analyzed 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 analysis desired other than as
consumers, of which affidavit shall be made and shall accompany each
sample or brand; and further, such samples are taken and sent as
described by this article 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 the fer-
tilizers sold and used in this State for the purposes of analyzing the
same; and any duly authorized agent or representative of the said