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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 509
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CHAPTER 295.
AN ACT to amend Article four of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Guano," by adding
thereto the following Sections relating to the
inspection of all fertilizers other than guanos.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That an Inspector shall be appointed,
whose duty it shall be, on oath, to inspect all fer-
tilizers other than guanos,. imported into and man-
ufactured in the State of Maryland, and to show
by chemical analysis the per centage of valuable
constituents in said fertilizers, and to mark the
same upon all bags, packages, or on whatever may
contain the same, used, sold or offered for sale,
with the receipt therein ; and when the same shall
be inspected in bulk, then the Inspector shall give
a certificate in writing to the owners or consignees
of said fertilizers, or their agents, of the analysis
of said fertilizers, so as to show its per centage of
valuable constituents in phosphate of lime, in am-
monia, which already may be formed in it, to-
gether with that capable of being formed from its
nitrogenous compounds, copies of which shall be
published in at least two of the daily papers in
the city of Baltimore.
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Inspector of
Guanos.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That it shall be the
duty of said Inspector to analyze and examine all
of the artificial, manufactured or manipulated ma-
nures which may be manufactured or sold in the
State of Maryland, so as to show the consumer the
value of such manures, and publish the same once
in every week in two of the daily papers of the
city of Baltimore.
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Analyze.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said In-
spector shall keep an office in the city of Balti-
more, and in it a record of all the examinations
of manures of all kinds made by him, which at
all reasonable times shall be shown to those who
may wish to examine the same.
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Keep office.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That every person who
shall import or bring into the city of Baltimore
any artificial, manufactured or manipulated ma-
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Penalty for
neglect.
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