INSPECTIONS. 1765

1920, ch. 262.

51. In every case where leaf tobacco shall he bought from a grower,
country or transfer buyer, in the State of Maryland and the same shall there-
after be resold, transferred or disposed of otherwise than by sale upon or
through the Baltimore market it shall he the duty of said buyer of said tobac-
co within thirty days after any such resale, transfer or disposition of such
tobacco, to report to the Maryland State Board of Agriculture, upon a form
prescribed by said Board, the quantity (expressed in pounds and number
of hogsheads) of each lot of said tobacco so purchased and so resold, trans-
ferred or disposed of as aforesaid. Any person, firm or corporation who
shall fail to make said report as herein provided shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than
$25.00 or more than $100.00.

1920, ch. 435, sec. 1.

52. Every person, firm or corporation, engaged regularly in the business
of selling leaf tobacco on or through the Baltimore market, either for the
account of the grower, owner or other principal, or for his, its or their own
account, shall keep a correct account, upon a form to be prescribed by the
Maryland State Board of Agriculture, of the number of hogsheads and
total pounds of leaf tobacco sold daily by such person, firm or corporation,
and that said account verified by oath shall on or before the fifth day of each
succeeding month be returned or delivered to the Executive Officer of the
Maryland State Board of Agriculture. The form of said account, to be pre-
pared by the said the Maryland State Board of Agriculture as aforesaid,
shall be so arranged and classified as to show under three separate classifica-
tions or headings, entitled " Southern Maryland Tobacco," " Up Country
Tobacco " - and " Tobacco Produced Outside of Maryland"; first, the
number of pounds of tobacco sold for the producers of tobacco first hand;
second, the number of pounds sold for dealers, and third, the number of
pounds bought for the account of said person, firm or corporation making
said report, or for the account of some other person, firm or corporation
engaged in selling leaf tobacco. That each person, firm or corporation en-
gaged in selling leaf tobacco as aforesaid, shall keep its books in such
manner as to show the warehouse hogshead number, weight, tare and net,
date of sale, of each hogshead of tobacco, to whom the same was sold and at
what price per pound, and the account or report required to be made as
aforesaid to the Maryland State Board of Agriculture shall show clearly
the average price received by such person, firm or corporation for tobacco
sold during the month. When such information is received by the Execu-
tive Officer of the Maryland State Board of Agriculture, he shall immedi-
ately cause same to be copied in a book kept for that purpose, and shall in
said book keep separate and apart the returns to him from each of said
persons, firms or corporations, so as to show the number of pounds of
tobacco sold by each for producers, the number of pounds resold for dealers
or commission merchants, or any selling agency, and the number of pounds'
purchased for the person, firm or corporation for its own account, together
with the average price received by such person, firm, corporation or agency