348 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 177]

been injured in transit or by exposure, the surface layer to be
avoided when sampling oxide of lime, and the sample to be
protected by immediately placing the same in a closed vessel or
vessels and promptly sending same to the chemist for analysis.
Copies of the results of such analysis or analyses are to be sent
to the person from whom the sample was received and to the
manufacturer of the same. No analysis shall be published till
the manufacturer has been given at least one week in which
to file a protest in regard to the accuracy of the analysis, in
which event the State chemist shall personally review the analy-
sis before publishing the same.

SEC. 99. If any purchaser of agricultural lime shall be
injured by the guarantee of oxide of lime or other valuable
ingredient falling short of the guaranteed amount, the meas-
ure of such injury which the purchaser is entitled to recover
from the seller shall be twice the amount that the ratio of such
shortage bears to the selling price; provided, that if the amount,
found is less than nine-tenths of the amount guaranteed the
vendor stall be liable to a further penalty of a fine of twenty-
five dollars ($25) for the first offense and fifty dollars ($50)
for each subsequent offense, said fines to be paid into the fund
provided for in section 97.

SEC. 100. The State chemist is empowered to make such
reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the
sampling, analysis and otherwise in carrying this act into effect.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 177.

AN ACT to confirm a patent from the State of Maryland to
Elizabeth Parker, of Prince George's county, Maryland, her
heirs and assigns, dated June 10, 1881, to a tract of land
lying and being in Prince George's county, Maryland, called
The Second Addition to Silent Grove, so far as the State of
Maryland has any interest in so much of said land as is cov-
ered by the water of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac
River between highwater marks thereof.

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland did issue its patent to Eliza-
beth Parker, dated June 10, 1881, to a certain tract of land
lying and being in Prince George's county, State of Mary-
land, called The Second Addition to Silent Grove, contain-