564 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 244

tilizer or fertilizer materials. The term "State Chemist" shall
mean the professor in charge of the Chemical Department of
the University of Maryland, who shall be ex-officio State
Chemist. The term ''brand" shall mean the full name, brand
and trade-mark under which a fertilizer is sold, together with
a statement of the percentage of the valuable ingredients con-
tained in said fertilizer.

Section 2. That every manufacturer, jobber, or manipulator
of commercial fertilizer, and materials used in the manufacture
of the same, who may desire to sell or offer for sale in the State
of Maryland such fertilizer or fertilizer materials before offer-
ing the same for sale shall file or register with the University
of Maryland upon forms furnished by said University the name
of each and every brand of fertilizer which it is desired to sell
in the said State by any said manufacturer, jobber, or manipu-
lator, or their agents, together with the name and address of
said manufacturer, jobber, or manipulator, and the guaranteed
analysis of said fertilizer stating the sources from which the
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash are derived; the statement
as to the sources of the plant foods shall be made in terms of
the percentages making up the total per cent, of each.

Before any person or firm shall sell or offer for sale any pure
or mixed Culture of Micro-Organism or other material to be
used for promoting directly or indirectly the growth of higher
plants, he or they shall secure a permit and shall file or register
with the University of Maryland a statement under oath, speci-
fying the composition of the substance, and the kind of Micro-
Organisms contained therein which promotes the growth of
higher plants, and they shall pay to the University of Mary-
land a permit and registration fee of $10. 00 per brand. The
University of Maryland shall have power to refuse or cancel
such permit whenever any culture or Micro-Organisms or any
other material used for promoting the growth of plants is sold
under false or misleading claims.

Section 3. That every importer, manufacturer, manipula-
tor, dealer or agent before selling, offering or exposing for sale,
within the State of Maryland any fertilizer shall pay to the
University of Maryland a fee of $10. 00 per brand for each
brand registered under Section 2 of this Act and on or before
December 31st, of each year shall file with the University a
statement, made under oath in due form of law, giving the total
number of tons of fertilizer sold during that calendar year in
the State of Maryland, and shall pay thereon an inspection tax