416 MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. [ART. 61

tilizer is sold, together with the statement of the percentage of
valuable ingredients contained therein. The term "State chemist"
shall mean the professor in charge of the chemical department
of the Maryland Agricultural College, who shall be ex-officio
State chemist.

1890, ch. 887. 1894, ch. 397.

2. Before any fertilizer is sold, offered or exposed for sale
within the State, the following conditions must be complied
with: (1) The importer, manufacturer, manipulator, dealer or
agent, shall take out a license for the sale of fertilizer, which
license shall be rated upon the number of brands contemplated
to be sold, at the rate of fifteen dollars for each brand, said
license to be prepared and furnished by the comptroller of the
treasury, and to be issued at any time, to be good until the first
day of February following; provided, that when any such
importer, manufacturer or manipulator shall have taken out a
license as herein provided, it shall not be necessary for any other
person, as his agent or representative, to take out a license to sell
the fertilizers provided for by the party who has taken out such
license. (2) Every bag, barrel or package of fertilizer, and
every parcel or lot, if sold in bulk, must bear in legible print, or
be accompanied by a clear and true statement showing the net
pounds of fertilizer in the package or lot, the name, brand or
trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and
address of the importer, manufacturer or manipulator, the place
of manufacture or manipulation, and a chemical analysis stating
the per centum of the minimum, and only the minimum con-
tained therein of nitrogen or its equivalent in available ammonia,
of potash soluble in distilled water, and of available phosphoric
acid.

Ibid.

3. Any failure to comply with any or all of the conditions
provided in section two shall be punishable by a fine of one hun-
dred dollars ($100) for the first offense and of $200 for every
subsequent offense.

Ibid.

4. Any person, firm or company selling or offering for sale
any fertilizer in this State, or intending so to do, and not licensed