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dealer, or agent shall forfeit the value of such stock, and shall
not collect the same from the purchaser or consignee.

1898, ch. 289.

62. The State entomologist, State pathologist and State hor-
ticulturist, shall submit annually a written report on or before
the first day of February of their inspections and investigations
to the board of trustees, which shall be transmitted to the Gov-
ernor of the State and the General Assembly, and published, as
are the reports of other State organizations, and distributed
among the people of the State as bulletins of the Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station.

Ibid.

63. The report of the present State entomologist, including
the work done by him up to the date of the passage of this sub-
title shall be published and distributed as indicated and provided
for in section 62, as the first annual report of the Maryland State
entomologist.

Ibid.

64. The sum of ten thousand dollars the first year, and eight
thousand dollars annually thereafter is hereby appropriated in
order to carry out the provisions of this sub-title and properly
provide for the above described inspections; to employ men
qualified for their respective positions; to procure the requisite
facilities and equipment necessary for the proper performance of
the duties herein imposed, and to offer means of support for in-
vestigation in addition to the inspection work of the State
officers, and the dissemination of information that will promote
the horticultural and agricultural interests of this State.

Ibid.

65. The comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant
upon the treasurer of the State for the said sum of ten thousand
dollars for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and. the
sum of eight thousand dollars annually thereafter, out of any
funds not otherwise appropriated; said sum of money shall be
payable to the Maryland Agricultural College on or before the
first of October of each fiscal year, and the first yearly payment