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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

nure for the purpose of being sold, landed or
transhipped within the said city, and shall refuse
or neglect to have the same inspected and weighed
by said Inspector, shall forfeit and pay five dol-
lars for each bag, barrel, box, tierce or other
package he shall refuse or neglect to have in-
spected or weighed, to be recovered by indictment
in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, one-half for
the use of the informer, and the other half for the
use of the State.

Fine.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall refuse or neglect to have any artificial, man-
ufactured or manipulated manure inspected and
weighed which is brought into said city for any
of the purposes aforesaid in bulk, and not con-
tained in bags, barrels or other packages, he shall
forfeit and pay for each ton of artificial, manufac-
tured or manipulated manures so brought in,
twenty dollars, to be recovered by indictment in
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, one-half for the
use of the informer, and the other half for the
use of the State.

Shall not sell.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That no person shall
sell any artificial, manufactured or manipulated
manures in said city in bags, casks, barrels, tierce,
or other package unless the same be marked by
the Inspector, as directed in this Article, nor
shall any person forge or counterfeit the mark of
said Inspector, or put artificial, manufactured or
manipulated manures into any bags, barrels or
other packages having the Inspector's mark
thereon and which have been already used for
that purpose ; and any person violating the pro-
visions of this Section shall forfeit and pay fifty
dollars for each offence, to be recovered by in-
dictment in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

Fees.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That if the fees of
said Inspector exceed twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum, the excess shall be paid over to the
State Treasurer in accordance with the provisions
of the fifteenth Article of the Constitution.

Must be a
chemist.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the said In-
spector shall be a practical analytical and agri-
cultural chemist of good repute, and shall hold
his office for two years, and until his successor