FRANK BROWN, ESQURE, GOVERNOR.

turing, compounding, preparing and furnishing for sale any
such commercial fertilizer, the purchaser thereof may, at his or
her option, proceed by attachment, as now provided 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, preparing, compounding or
furnishing said fertilizer, when such property, rights or credits
can be found within the limits of the State of Maryland.

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SEC. 9. And Be it enacted, That any manufacturer, dealer,
agent or other person or persons who shall adulterate, add to
or take anything from any fertilizer, 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, under conviction thereof

Adulterating
fertilizers.

in any court having jurisdiction, be punished by a fine not
exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) and imprisonment in jail
not exceeding six months, or by fine and imprisonment, at the
discretion of the court before whom he shall be tried.

Penalty.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall not affect
parties importing, manufacturing or manipulating fertilizer for
their own use if not sold or disposed of; and it shall not apply
to substances and materials sold in bulk to manufacturers or
manipulators of fertilizer, and nothing in this act shall prevent
the buyer and seller from making contracts in reference to the
price to be paid dependent upon the composition or quality of
the fertilizer contracted for; but no arrangement or agreement,
verbal or written, made by or between any seller and buyer of
fertilizer in this State, for the purpose of exonerating the seller
or manufacturer from liability for any violation of any of the
provisions of this act, shall exempt any person from such
liability.

Cases in

which this

act does not
apply.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all
State's attorneys to prosecute all persons accused of violating
this act, or any of the provisions of this act, or of the act to
which this is a supplement.

Duties ot

State's
attorneys.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect
on the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-four.

Approved April 6, 1894.

Effective,