740 MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. [ART. 61

able by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offense and
one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each subsequent offense.

1904, art. 61, sec. 5. 1888, art. 61, sec. 3. 1886. ch. 447, sec. 3. 1890, ch 387,
sec. 5. 1894, ch. 397. 1912, ch. 212.

5. It shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College to
analyze without cost or charge all samples of fertilizer sent to it for the
purpose of being analyzed by any person or persons purchasing or pro-
curing the same in this State for his or their use or uses; provided,
such persons are not interested in the analysis desired other than as a
consumer, of which certificate shall be made and shall accompany such
sample or samples; and further, such samples are taken and sent as
described by this article and free of cost and transportation to said
college; and it shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College
to procure samples, as far as practicable, in every year of all fertilizers
sold and used in this State, for the purpose of analyzing .the same, and
any duly authorized agent or representative of the said college shall
have the right to take samples as provided by this article from any lot
or parcel of fertilizer in transit or in possession or keeping of any
manufacturer, manipulator, 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 pub-
lish .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 Agricultural College, when report-
ing or publishing the result of any analysis made, to state the approxi-
mate commercial value in dollars and cents of the fertilizer so analyzed
per ton of two thousand pounds, such value to be based upon the
analysis made at the college and upon a standard of valuation to be
ascertained, fixed and published by said college annually, after con-
ference with the proper officials of adjacent States.

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 2 of the Anno-
tated Code.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1890, ch. 387, sec. 6. 1894, ch. 397. 1902, ch. 382.
1912, ch. 212.

6. All samples of fertilizers for analysis at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College shall be taken from unbroken, "packages 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 possession, it shall be lawful for any pur-
chaser or purchasers of any such fertilizer or fertilizers, provided that
he be not a manufacturer, manipulator or agent of either, to have a
sample taken from any such unbroken packages or bags in the presence
of two disinterested persons and forwarded to the Maryland Agricul-
tural College for analysis, accompanied by a statement on the depart-
ment forms certifying that the sample has been correctly drawn accord-