MANURES AND FERTILIZERS

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ARTICLE 61.

MANURES AND FERTILIZERS.¹

	1. Meaning of terms.	terference with State Chemist; pen-
	2-6. Conditions of sale; fee; labels;	alty.
	brands.	13. Rules and regulations.
	7-12. Analysis by University of Mary-	14. When brand fees do not apply.
	land; samples; obstruction or in-	15. Penalties; prosecutions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 1. 1922, ch. 244, sec. 1. 1931, ch. 540, 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 ma-
terials. 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.

1931, ch. 540, sec. 2.

2. 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 mate-
rials before offering the same for sale shall file or register with the Univer-
sity 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 and the
percentages thereof from which the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
are derived.

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
statement under oath, specifying the composition of the substance, and the
kind of micro-organisms contained therein which promotes the growth of
higher plants, and they shall pay to the University of Maryland a permit
and registration fee of $10.00 per brand. The University of Maryland
shall have power to refuse or cancel such permit whenever any culture or

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