mentioned in the next preceding section, than is contained
therein, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the
first offence, and seventy-five dollars for the second and each
subsequent offence, to be recovered on indictment and con-
viction in the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, or the Circuit
Court for the county within whose jurisdiction said offence
may be committed, one-half thereof to be paid to the infor-
mer, the other half to the State.

3. That any purchaser of commercial manures or ar-
tificially manufactured or manipulated fertilizers, bearing
labels as provided for in section 1 of this Article, who shall
be injured or defrauded by the contents of the sacks, bags,
barrels, boxes or other package not conforming in quality
and quantity to the labels thereon, may recover from the
seller or sellers thereof, in an action of debt, an amount
equal to the purchase money of such manure or fertilizer ;
and in case the purchase is made of an agent of any person or
persons residing out of the limits of the State of Maryland,
manufacturing, compounding, preparing and furnishing for
sale any such commercial manures or fertilizers, the purcha-
ser thereof may at his option proceed, by attachment, as now
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 furnishing said manures or fertilizers, when such proper-
ty, rights and credits can be found within the limits of the
State of Maryland.

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 fertili-
zers from indictment and fine as is hereinbefore 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 it 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