418 MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. [ART. 61

be ascertained, fixed and published by said college, annually,
after conference with the proper officials of adjacent States.

1890, ch. 387. 1894, ch. 397.

6. All samples of fertilizers for analysis at the Maryland
Agricultural College shall be taken from unbroken packages that
have not been injured in transit or by exposure, and when in the
possession of purchasers, within thirty days after coming into
their possession, and every such sample when taken by an agent
or representative of the college, shall be taken in the presence of
the owner, agent or dealer in possession thereof, or of his or their
representatives, and when by an owner or consumer, it shall be
taken in the presence of one disinterested witness; and every
sample shall be taken from a bag or package or a number of
bags or packages, which shall not be less than five per cent, of
the whole lot to which the sampling pertains; and in every case
not over two pounds shall be taken, from near the top, the bottom
and the middle of the bag or packages sampled, and these por-
tions shall be thoroughly mixed in a clean dry place, and a suita-
ble sample shall be taken from said mixture and placed in a
suitable vessel or vessels carefully closed with identifying labels,
both within and without the vessel or vessels, and the same then
taken or sent by safe carnage to the said college for analysis; and
there shall accompany every such sample a full and complete
statement and description of the place and time of sampling, of
the lot of fertilizer sampled, of all marks on the bags or pack-
ages thereof, and other facts relating to the same, and such state-
ment and description shall be signed by the person who does the
sampling and by the witness thereto.

Ibid.

7. The funds received by the comptroller from the licenses
issued under this article shall be paid into the treasury, and be
set apart as a specific fund to pay the cost and expenses of con-
ducting the analysis provided for in section five, and the treasurer
shall semi-annually pay over to the Maryland Agricultural College
the money received from said licenses; provided, that the amount
paid in any one year shall not be more than at the rate of fifteen
dollars ($15) for each sample of fertilizer analyzed by the said
college.