ART. 61] ANALYSIS OF FERTILIZERS. 1491

dred dollars ($100) for the first offense and of two hundred
dollars for every subsequent offense.

1890, ch. 387, sec. 4.

4. Any person, firm or company selling or offering for sale
any fertilizer in this State, or intending. so to do, and not
licensed by the comptroller as provided by this article shall,
on or before the 31st day of July in each and every year, send
his or their name or names, with postoffice address and the
names of the kinds, brands and trade marks, and of the manu-
facturer, importer or manipulator of each fertilizer sold or
proposed to be sold, to the Maryland Agricultural College and
the same shall be registered in suitable books kept for that
purpose; and any failure to comply with the provisions of
this section shall be punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars
($25) for the first offense and of fifty dollars ($50) for every
subseqent offense.

1888, art. 61, sec 3. 1886, ch 447, sec. 3 1890, ch 387, sec. 5 1894, ch 397.
6. It shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College
to analyze without cost or charge all samples of fertilizers
sent to it for the purpose of being analyzed by any person or
persons purchasing or procuring the same in this State for his
or their use or uses; provided, such persons are not interested
in the analysis desired other than as consumers, of which
affidavit shall be made and shall accompany each sample or
brand; and further, such samples are taken and sent as
described by this article and free of cost of transportation to
said college; and it shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College to procure samples as far as practicable in every
year of all the fertilizers sold and used in this State for the
purposes of analyzing the same; and any duly authorized
agent or representative of the said college shall have the right
to take samples as provided by this article from any lot or
parcel of fertilizer in transitu or in possession or keeping of
any manufacturer, manipulator, dealer or agent and sold or
offered for sale in this State; and it shall be the duty of the
Maryland Agricultural College to send in the result of every
sample of fertilizer to the person from whom such sample was
taken or received and also to publish from time to time the
results of the analysis made by the said college of the samples
sent to or procured by it for such purpose; and it shall be the
duty of the Maryland Agricultural College, when reporting or
publishing the result of any analysis made, to state the com-