420 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 212]

chemists, agents or representatives, or the sender of any sample
with regard to the analysis of any fertilizer or fertilizers sent to
the Agricultural College by the purchaser or purchasers thereof
for analysis under the provisions of this section, nor shall the
Agricultural College, nor its chemist, nor its agent or agents, or
the sender of any sample, furnish any information or communi-
cate with any manufacturer of fertilizer about any such sample
submitted for analysis until after a report of said analysis
shall have been duly furnished to the applicant for such analysis
under this section; provided that all samples sent to the Mary-
land Agricultural College by any purchaser or purchasers shall
be drawn from at least five per cent, of the total number of
bags purchased, these samples to be thoroughly mixed in a
clean, dry place, and a suitable sample shall be taken from
said mixture and placed in a suitable vessel or vessels, care-
fully closed and sealed with an identifying label, and the same
then taken or sent by safe carriage to the said college for
analysis; every sample sent for analysis by the State chemist
as provided for in this section shall be fully described on
forms to be furnished by said chemist free of charge, said
description giving a full and complete statement of the time
and place of sampling of all marks on the bags or packages
thereof and all of the facts relating to the same; said descrip-
tion and statement shall be signed by the owner of the fertilizer
and the person drawing the sample; provided further, that the
purchaser or purchasers sending such sample or samples of
fertilizer shall withhold said description or descriptions of said
sample or samples until he has received the report of the said
State chemist of the analysis of the same. Any person or per-
sons receiving an analysis from the State chemist under this act
shall immediately thereafter forward to him the statement
required by this act to be made at the time of taking the sample
or samples. Any person or persons violating the provisions of
this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars
($100.00).

SEC. 7. Any manufacturer, agent or representative who shall
be convicted of making false and frandulent representations as
to the quality and constituent elements of any fertilizers by the
printed analysis or false or misleading statement upon any such
bag or packages shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00)
for the first offense and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for
every subsequent offense thereafter; and the report of the analy-
sis of any such sample of fertilizer sent to the Agricultural Col-
lege for examination under this act shall be prima facie evi-