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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

furnished the said clerk in regard thereto by the

depositor; for every such record and receipt the

clerk shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents, to be

Fee of clerk.

paid by the person depositing the sample; the fee

to the said clerk shall be one dollar, to be paid by

the person requesting the said sample to be drawn ;

the sample so numbered and described shall be for

analysis to compare with the sample deposited with

said clerk, as provided in section two of this act,

and with the certificate found on the packages from

which the sain pie was drawn.

SEC. 9. All suits for the recovery of fines under

Suits— how

the provisions of this act shall be brought by the

brought.

clerk to the county commissioners in the name of

the State of Maryland.

SEC. 10. In every suit for the recovery of fines or

of damages under the provisions of this act, the

clerk to the county commissioners shall forward to

the chemist, selected tinder the provisions of section

What consti-

four for analysis, the numbered sample of commer-

tutes evidence

cial fertilizer or bone dust deposited with the said

clerk by the party bringing suit, and the sworn

report of the analysis of such commercial fertilizer

or bone dust by the chemist aforesaid shall be

received as evidence in the case.

SEC. 11. Be it enacted, That all acts or parts of

Inconsistent

acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are

acts repealed.

hereby repealed.

SEC. 12. Be it enacted, .That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage as to the appoint-

ment of officers to carry out the provisions thereof,

How effective.

but as to all other provisions, not to take effect until

the first day of August, eighteen hundred and

eighty-two.

Approved May 3, 1882.