1446 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

the provisions of sections 240, 241 and 242, or shall permit an
analysis to be attached to any package of such fertilizer stating
that it contains a larger percentage of any or more of the con-
stituents named in Section 240 than it really does contain, shall
be fined not less than two hundred dollars for the first offense,
and not less than five hundred dollars for every subsequent
offense; but the fines shall not be inflicted for violations on
any shipment into this county, nor for any one lot, if made in
Harford County; provided, however, that a deficiency of one
per cent of nitrogen, potash, ammonia, or four per cent, phos-
phoric acid claimed to be contained in such package shall not
be considered as evidence of fraudulent intent.

246. Suit may be brought for the recovery of fines and
damages under the provisions of this sub title of this article,
in the Circuit Court for Harford County; and all fines so recov-
ered shall be paid to the clerk to the county commissioners, to
be accounted for and to be disposed of by him in the same man-
ner as the fees arising from licenses, as provided for in section
244.

247. The clerk to the county commissioners is empowered
to select from any package of commercial fertilizer or bone dust
sold in Harford County, upon the request of the purchaser, a
quantity not exceeding two pounds, which shall be securely
enclosed in a tin or glass vessel and deposited with the said
clerk, who shall properly number the same, but shall affix no
other marks thereto; and the said clerk shall correctly record
the number of the sample, by whom deposited, the date of the
deposit, the name of the article, and such other information
as may be furnished by the depositor of the sample; and he
shall give to the said depositor a receipt for the sample, setting
forth the number by which it is recorded, and the information
furnished him in regard thereto by the depositor; for every
such record and receipt he shall be entitled to a fee of fifty
cents, to be paid by the person depositing the sample; the fee
to the said clerk shall be one dollar, to be paid by the person
requesting the said sample to be drawn; the sample so numbered
and described shall be for analysis to compare with the sample
deposited with said clerk, as provided in section 241, and with
the certificate found on the packages from which the sample
was drawn.

248. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions
of this sub-title of this article shall be brought by the clerk to