ART. 61] MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. 741

ing to the provisions of this article; it shall not be lawful for said
Agricultural College or its chemists to previously demand of any pur-
chaser or purchasers so sending said sample or samples for analysis to
give any advice, information or statement to' the said college or its
chemist as to any analysis found on the original unbroken packages or
bags from which said sample or samples were taken, or the name or
names of any individual, representative, agent or corporation or firm
from which said fertilizer or fertilizers were purchased. And it shall
be the duty of the Agricultural College to have its proper and author-
ized 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 chemist, 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 communicate 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 Maryland Agricul-
tural 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,
carefully 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 state-
ment 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 with-
hold 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 persons receiving an analysis from the State
chemist under this article shall immediately thereafter forward to him
the statement required by this article 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).