MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. 2123

ARTICLE 61.

MANURES AND FERTILIZERS.1

1. Meaning of terms. 2-7. Conditions of sale of; fee; labels; brands. 8-10. Analysis by University of Mary- land; samples.

11. Defrauded purchasers — remedies. 12. Inspection and brand fees. 13. Rules and regulations to be established. 14. Brand fees, when do not apply. 15-16. Penalties; prosecutions.

1922, ch. 244, sec. 1.

1. The term " fertilizer " as used in this Article shall mean any com-
mercial fertilizer, or any article, substance or mixture sold, offered or
exposed for sale, for manurial purposes in the State of Maryland of which
the selling price shall be more than $5.00 per ton of two thousand pounds,
but shall not include ground gypsum, lime, ground limestone, ground
shells, dung of all poultry or dung of domestic animals, in bulk, when sold
as such and when not mixed with other fertilizer or fertilizer materials;
The term " State Chemist" shall mean the professor in charge of the
Chemical Department of the University of Maryland, who shall be ex-
officio State Chemist. The term " brand " shall mean the full name, brand
and trade-mark under which a fertilizer is sold, together with a statement
of the percentage of the valuable ingredients contained in said fertilizer.

1922, ch. 244, sec. 2.

2. That every manufacturer, jobber, or manipulator of commercial
fertilizer, and materials used in the manufacture of the same, who may
desire to sell or offer for sale in the State of Maryland such fertilizer or
fertilizer materials before offering the same for sale shall file or register
with the University of Maryland upon forms furnished by said University
the name of each and every brand of fertilizer which it is desired to sell
in the said State by any said manufacturer, jobber, or manipulator, or
their agents, together with the name and address of said manufacturer,
jobber, or manipulator, and the guaranteed analysis of said fertilizer
stating the sources from which the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
are derived; the statement as to the sources of the plant foods shall be
made in terms of the percentages making up the total per cent, of each.

Before any person or firm shall sell or offer for sale any pure or mixed
Culture of Micro-Organism or other material to be used for promoting
directly or indirectly the growth of higher plants, he or they shall secure a
permit and shall file or register with the University of Maryland a state-
ment under oath, specifying the composition of the substance, and the

1 Relative to this article as it formerly stood, see Snowden v. State, 69 Md. 209, and
State v. Long, 94 Md. 637.