2126 ARTICLE 61.

1922, ch. 244, sec. 9.

9. Any purchaser of fertilizer, or fertilizers, provided he is not a
manufacturer, or manipulator, or agent, of the same, may have taken, in
the presence of a disinterested witness, a sample, or samples, of said fer-
tilizer, and forward the same with all transportation charges prepaid to
the University of Maryland for analysis, provided that samples so taken
shall be from unbroken bags, or packages, which have not been damaged
or injured in transit, or by exposure, and which have not been in possession
of the owner more than thirty (30) days, provided, further, that said
samples be taken from at least 5% of the bags or packages comprising
the brand purchased, and if there are less than 100 bags, or packages, of
the brand so purchased samples shall be taken from not, less than five bags,
or packages, and if there are less than five bags or packages samples shall
be taken from each. All such samples shall be taken under such additional
rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the University of Mary-
land, provided further, that every sample sent for analysis to the said
University shall be fully described on forms to be furnished by said Uni-
versity 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 pack-
ages thereof, and of all the facts relating to the same, said description
and statement shall be signed by the purchaser of the fertilizer, the per-
son drawing the sample and the disinterested witness or witnesses as above
provided, and provided further, that the purchaser, or purchasers, send-
ing such sample, or samples, of fertilizer to said University for analysis
shall withhold said description or descriptions of said sample or samples
until he has received from the said University of Maryland the report of
the analysis of said fertilizer. Any person or persons receiving an analysis
from the said University as required under this Article shall immediately
thereafter forward to it the statement required by this Article to be made
at the time of taking the sample or samples.

1922, ch. 244, sec. 10.

10. That it shall be the duty of the University of Maryland to analyze
upon request, without cost or charge, all samples of fertilizer sent to said
University and taken in the manner prescribed in this Article. The said
University, the State Chemist, or his assistants or agents, shall not demand
of any purchaser so sending sample, or samples, for analysis any advice,
information or statement as to any analysis appearing on the original un-
broken 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 said University through its duly authorized agent,
the State Chemist, appointed by the State Board of Agriculture, to at
once make a full and complete analysis of the sample, or samples, re-
ceived in accordance with this provision 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 of said sample or sam-
ples. It shall be unlawful for any individual, representative or agent of