PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 419

transit or in possession or keeping of any manufacturer, manip-
ulator, dealer, agent or consumer for use in this State, and it
shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College to send
in the result of the analysis of every sample of fertilizer to the
person from whom such sample was taken or received, and also
to publish from time to time the results of the analysis made by
the said college of the samples sent to or procured by it for
such purposes. And it shall be the duty of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, when reporting or publishing the result of any
analysis made, to state the approximate commercial value in dol-
lars and cents of the fertilizer so analyzed per ton of two thou-
sand pounds, such value to be based upon the analysis made
at the college and upon a standard of valuation to be ascer-
tained, fixed and published by said college annually, after con-
ference with the proper officials of adjacent States.

SEC. 6. All samples of fertilizers for analysis at the Mary-
land Agricultural College shall be taken from unbroken pack-
ages or bags that have not been damaged or injured in transit
or by exposure, and when in the possession of the purchaser or
purchasers within thirty (30) days after coming into their pos-
session, it shall be lawful for any purchaser or purchasers of
any such fertilizer or fertilizers, provided that he be not a
manufacturer, manipulator or agent of either, to have a sam-
ple taken from any such unbroken packages or bags in the pres-
ence of two disinterested persons and forwarded to the Mary-
land Agricultural College for analysis, accompanied by a state-
ment on the department forms certifying that the sample has
been correctly drawn according to the provisions of this act;
that it shall not be lawful for said Agricultural College or its
chemists to previously demand of any purchaser or purchasers
so sending said sample or samples for analysis to give any
advice, information or statement to the said college or its chem-
ists as to any analysis found on the original unbroken packages
or bags from which said sample or samples were taken, on the
name or names of any individual, representative, agent or cor-
poration or firm from which said fertilizer or fertilizers were
purchased. And it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Col-
lege to have its proper and authorized chemist to at once make
a full and complete analysis of the sample or samples so sent,
and within thirty (30) days thereafter return to such person or
persons from whom the sample or samples were received a full
and complete analysis. And it shall be unlawful for any indi-
vidual or any representative or any agent of any corporation or
firm, or any corporation or firm itself, to have, either directly or
indirectly, communication with the Agricultural College or its