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provided for bylaw in cases of non-residents and absconding
debtors, against any property, rights or credits of any person
or persons selling, Manufacturing, compounding, preparing
or furnishiqg said manures or fertilizers, when such property,
rights and credits can be found within the limits of the State
of Matyiand.

4. That the words "commercial manures, artificially man-
ufactured or manipulated fertilizers," shall be taken and
construed to include all manures and fertilizers which shall
be sold for a greater price than a half cent per pound, and
that any arrangement or agreement, verbal or written, made
by and between any seller and purchaser of said manures or
fertilizers, for the purpose of exonerating the seller or manu-
facturer from liability for a violation of any of the provisions
of this Article, shall not exempt such seller, manufacturer,
compounder, preparer or furnisher of said manures or fertil-
izers from indictment and fine as is herein before provided
for.

5. That by the term soluble phosphoric acid, whenever
used in this Act, is meant phosphoric acid in any form or
combination readily soluble in pure cold water, and by the
term, insoluble phosphoric acid, is meant phosphoric acid in
any form or combination which requires the action of an acid
upon it to cause jt to become Readily soluble in pure cold
water.

6. That any manufacturer, dealer, agent or other person
or persons, who shall adulterate, add to or take anything
from any commercial manures or artificially manufactured
or manipulated fertilizers, labeled in accordance with the
provisions of this Article, or who shall use the brand or
trade mark of any manufacturer or dealer other than his own,
shall be deemed guilty pf a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction thereof in any Court having jurisdiction, be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and im-
prisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by both fine
and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court before whom
he shall be tried.

The proposed amendments were severally read and adopted,
and the bill, as amended, passed by yeas and nays, as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Biddle, Collins,

Loker, Duvall, Ehlen,

Martin, Thomas, of Q. A., Gardner,

Beck, Brown, Marshall,

Wilmer, Dennis, Hoblitzell,

Dake, Purnell, Neill,

Cameron, Thomas, of Fred., Murdock,