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shall keep its books in such manner as to show the ware-
house hogshead number, weight, tare and net, date of sale,
for whom sold, the grade of tobacco, of each hogshead of
tobacco, to whom the same was sold and at what price per
pound, and the account or report required to be made as
aforesaid to the Maryland State Board of Agriculture shall
show clearly the average price received by such person,
firm or corporation for tobacco sold during the month.
When such information is received by the Executive Officer
of the Maryland State Board of Agriculture, he shall im-
mediately cause same to be copied in a book kept for that
purpose, and shall in said book keep separate and apart
the returns to him from each of said persons, firms or cor-
porations, so as to show the number of pounds of tobacco
sold by each for producers, the number of pounds resold
for dealers or commission merchants, or any selling agency,
and the number of pounds purchased for the person, firm
or corporation for its own account, together with the
average price received by such person, firm, corporation or
agency upon total of all sales; the Maryland State Board
of Agriculture shall so prepare the form of the account or
report to be made by the said persons, firms or corporations
engaged in the sale of leaf tobacco through the Baltimore
market that when the same are returned to it as herein-
before required, the said account or report shall contain the
information hereinbefore specified, and it shall be the duty
of said persons, firms and corporations engaged in the sale
of leaf tobacco on or through the Baltimore market as
aforesaid to fully and correctly give the information called
for by the said the Maryland State Board of Agriculture,
in said form of account or report; provided, however, that
this and the two succeeding sections of this Article shall
not apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged solely
in the buying of leaf tobacco, either for his, their or its own
account, or for resale or for the account of a principal.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 326.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
254 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County, " sub-