EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 765

by a consumer; provided, in lieu of the registration, all pack-
ages of fertilizers shall be plainly marked, or tagged, on the out-

side of the package with the words '' Mixed to Order'', together
with a statement thereon of the guaranteed analysis, and in all
the other particulars said mixed fertilizer shall conform to the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 15. That every person, firm, corporation, or association,
.guilty of a violation of any of the provisions contained in Sec-
tions No. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of this Act, and every officer, mana-
ger, director, or managing agent of any such person, firm, cor-
poration, or association, directly participating in such violation,

or consenting thereto, shall be punishable by a fine of $100.00
for the first offense, and, upon a second conviction, shall be
punished by a fine of $500.00 or imprisonment for not more
than three months, or both, at the discretion of the Court. And
it shall be the duty of the State's Attorneys of the several coun-
ties of this State to prosecute all violations of any of the pro-
visions contained in said Sections Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 brought
to their attention, said prosecutions to be in the name of the
State of Maryland, and the penalty recovered, when paid, to be
turned into the fertilizer fund of the Maryland State College of
Agriculture.

SEC. 16. That if any person, firm, or corporation, subject
to the provisions of this Act shall fail to file the statement re-
required in Section No. 3 herein regarding the tons of fertilizer
;sold, and to pay the inspection fee, provided therefor in this
Act, within sixty (60) days after the close of the calendar year,
the same shall subject said person, firm, or corporation, to a
penalty, upon conviction, of One Hundred Dollars, and Two
Hundred Dollars for each subsequent week that said inspection
fee remains unpaid. Prosecution therefor to be entrusted to the
State's Attorneys as in the preceding section provided and
"brought in the name of the State of Maryland, and the penalty
recovered when paid, to be turned into the fertilizer fund of
the Maryland State College of Agriculture.

SEC. 17. All Acts, and parts of Acts, inconsistent herewith

are hereby repealed, but all fees required to be paid under the
provisions of said Article 61 for the calendar year to December
31, 1918, are in no respect disturbed.

SEC. 2. That this Act shall take effect December 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.