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1494 MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. [ART. 61
1890, ch. 387, sec. 7. 1894, ch. 397.
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
conducting the analysis provided for in section 5, and the
treasurer shall semi-annually pay over to the Maryland Agri-
cultural College the money received from said licenses; pro-
vided, that the amount paid in any one year shall not be more
than at the rate of fifteen dollars for each sample of fertilizer
analyzed by the said college.
Ibid. sec. 8.
8. Any purchaser of fertilizer who shall be injured or
defrauded by the contents of the bag, barrel or other packages
not conforming in quantity or quality to the marks, labels or
statements on or accompanying the same may recover from the
seller or sellers thereof in an action of debt an amount equal to
the purchase money of said fertilizer and cost of suit, and in
case the purchase is made of an agent of any person or persons
residing out of the limits of the State of Maryland, or company
or corporation whose principal place of business is out of the
State, manufacturing, compounding, preparing and furnishing
for sale any such commercial fertilizer, the purchaser thereof
may, at his or her option, proceed by attachment as now pro-
vided for by law in cases of non-resident and absconding
debtors against any property, rights or credit of any person,
persons, company or corporation selling, manufacturing, pre-
paring, compounding or furnishing said fertilizer when such
property, rights or credits can be found within the limits of
the State of Maryland.
Ibid sec 9. 1894, ch. 397.
9. Any manufacturer, dealer, agent or other person or per-
sons who shall adulterate, add, or take anything from any fer-
tilizer sold or offered for sale within this State, or who shall
use the brand or trade mark of any manufacturer or dealer
other than his own, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall upon conviction thereof in any court having jurisdic-
tion, be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars
and imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court before whom
he shall be tried.
Ibid, sec 10.
10. This article shall not affect parties importing, manufac-
turing or manipulating fertilizer for their own use if not sold or
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