EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1445

filed has been properly made by a competent chemist; and
shall deposit with said clerk a sealed glass or tin vessel, con-
taining not less than one pound of the fertilizer or bone dust,
accompanied with an affidavit that it is a fair average sample;
and it shall be the duty of said clerk to mark each deposit with
the name of the manufacturer, and keep a record of the name
of the person depositing the same, and of the date of such
deposit; and said clerk shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each
deposit, to be paid by the person depositing the same.

242. The manufacturer, importer or agent of any commer-
cial fertilizer or bone dust, exceeding ten dollars per ton in
price, shall pay annually, on or before the first day of May,
to the clerk of the circuit court, a license fee of twenty-five dol-
lars; and shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars,
with at least two sureties, residents of Harford County, answer-
able for the damages and fines mentioned in Section 245, which
bond shall be satisfactory to and shall be filed with said clerk,
for the privilege of selling or offering for sale any commercial
fertilizer or bone dust in Harford County; provided., that
whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the
license fee herein required for any persons acting as agents
for such manufacturer or importer, such agents shall not be
required to pay such fee.

243. All analyses of commercial fertilizers or bone dust
shall be made by an experienced chemist, who shall be appointed
by the governor at the same time State officers are appointed;
the said chemist to serve for two years or until his successor is
duly appointed and qualified; the annual salary to be paid to
said chemist shall be five dollars, which shall be paid out of the
treasury of the State; the said chemist shall receive, in addi-
tion to the said annual salary, a fee of twenty-five dollars for
each and every analysis made by him under the provisions of
this sub-title of this article, to be paid by the said clerk out of
the funds in his hands arising from licenses or fines.

244. Said clerk shall publish annually, for two weeks, in
one or more newspapers of the county, beginning the first week
in May, a correct report of all certificates filed together with a
statement of monies received on account of license fees, and
expended on account of analyses; and any surplus arising from
license permits or fines shall be placed to the credit of the public
roads of Harford County.

245. Any person or party who shall offer or expose for sale
any commercial fertilizer or bone dust without complying with