ART. 61] SAMPLES FOE ANALYSIS. 1445

of any manures or fertilizers sent to the agricultural college by the
purchaser or purchasers thereof for analysis under the provisions of
this section, nor shall the agricultural college nor its chemists nor its
agent or agents or the sender of any sample furnish any information
or communicate with any manufacturer of fertilizers about any such
samples submitted for analysis, until after a report of said analysis
shall have been duly furnished to the applicant for such analysis under
this section; provided, that all samples sent to the Maryland Agricul-
tural College by any purchaser or purchasers shall be drawn from at
least five per cent, of the total number of bags purchased, these samples
to be thoroughly mixed in a clean, dry place and a suitable sample
shall be taken from said mixture and placed in a suitable vessel or
vessels carefully closed, with an identifying label, and the same then
taken or sent by safe carriage to the said college for analysis; every
sample for analysis by the State chemist as provided for by this sec-
tion shall be fully described in forms to be furnished by said chemist
free of charge, said description giving a full and complete statement
of the time and place of sampling of all marks on the bags or packages
thereof and all the facts relating to the same; said description and
statements shall be made under affidavit before a justice of the peace
or notary public and the same shall be retained as confidential by the
said justice or notary until required by this section to be sent to the
state chemist; provided, further, that the purchaser or purchasers
sending such sample or samples shall withhold said description or
descriptions of said sample or samples until he has received the report
of the said state chemist of the analysis of the same. Any person or
persons receiving an analysis from the state chemist under this section
shall immediately thereafter forward to him the statement required
by this section to be made at the time of taking the sample or samples;
and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall
be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars; and any manufacturer,
agent or representative who shall be convicted of making false and
fraudulent representations as to the quality and constituent elements
of any fertilizers by the printed analysis upon any such bag or package
shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense and two hundred
dollars for every subsequent offense thereafter; and the report of the
analysis of any such sample of fertilizer sent to the Agricultural College
for examination under this section shall be prima facie evidence as to
the quality of the lot of fertilizer from which said sample was taken.

1904, art. 61, sec. 7. 1890, ch. 387, sec. 7. 1894, ch. 397.
7. The funds received by the comptroller from the licenses issued
under this article shall be paid into the treasury and be set apart as a
specific fund to pay the cost and expenses of conducting the analysis
provided for in section 5, and the treasurer shall semi-annually pay
over to the Maryland Agricultural College the money received from
said licenses; provided, that the amount paid in any one year shall
not be more than at the rate of fifteen dollars for each sample of fer-
tilizer analyzed by the said college.