ART. 13.] FERTILIZERS. 1327

causes it to be sold or offered for sale within Harford county,
shall file with the clerk to the county commissioners of said
county, a certified copy of the certificate mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, and also an affidavit that the analysis filed has
been properly made by a competent chemist; and shall deposit
with said clerk a sealed glass or tin vessel, containing not less
than one pound of the fertilizer or bone dust, accompanied with
an affidavit that it is a fair average sample; and it shall be the
duty of said clerk to mark each deposit with the name of the
manufacturer, and keep a record of the name of the person de-
positing the same, and of the date of such deposit; and said clerk
shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each deposit, to be paid by
the person depositing the same.

1883, ch. 451.

101. The manufacturer, importer or agent of any commer-
cial fertilizer or bone dust, exceeding ten dollars per ton in price,
shall pay annually, on or before the first day of May, to the clerk
of the circuit court, a license fee of twenty-five dollars; and shall
give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, with at least two
sureties, residents of Harford county, answerable for the damages
and fines mentioned in section 104, which bond shall be satis-
factory to and shall be filed with said clerk, for the privilege of
selling or offering for sale any commercial fertilizer or bone dust
in Harford county; provided, that whenever the manufacturer or
importer shall have paid the license fee herein required for any
persons acting as agents for such manufacturer or importer, such
agents shall not be required to pay such fee.

Ibid.

102. All analyses of commercial fertilizers or bone dust shall
be made by an experienced chemist, who shall be appointed by
the governor at the same time State officers are appointed; the
said chemist to serve for two years or until his successor is duly
appointed and qualified; the annual salary to be paid to said
chemist shall be five dollars, which shall be paid out of the
treasury of the State; the said chemist shall receive, in addition
to the said annual salary, a fee of twenty-five dollars for each and
every analysis made by him under the provisions of this sub-title