1066 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 512

first day of January of each year, or before offering them
for sale in this Commonwealth, file annually with the
State Chemist as appointed by the State Board of Agri-
culture a statement of the names and number of brands of
such materials, that he shall offer for sale during the next
ensuing calendar year, or remainder thereof, together with
a copy of the statement declaring the composition of these
several brands of said materials, as required by section
106.

110. In addition to the statement required by section
109 of this sub-title, every manufacturer or importer of
any of the materials covered by section 106 shall on or
before the first day of January of each year, or before
offering them for sale within this Commonwealth, file an-
nually with the State Chemist an affidavit showing, as
nearly as practicable, the weight of each brand of said
materials sold by him, or, if the producer or vendor be a
firm or corporation, by its managers, officers, and agents,
within the Commonwealth, during the last preceding year;
and for each brand so sold he shall pay to the University
of Maryland a license fee, according to the weight sold, as
follows: For an amount not exceeding one thousand tons,
five dollars; for an amount exceeding one thousand tons,
but not exceeding five thousand tons, ten dollars; and for
an amount exceeding five thousand tons, twenty dollars;
and when said fees shall have been paid, and the statements
required by section 109 have been filed with the State
Chemist, the party or parties who have made such pay-
ment, and otherwise complied with the provisions of this
sub-title, shall be entitled to sell within the Commonwealth
the goods specified in said statement and covered by said
fees during the year, or fraction of a year, immediately
following said statement. If the manufacturer or importer
shall not have made during the preceding year any sales
within the Commonwealth, of the aforesaid material of
any brand to be offered for sale during the year for which
the fee is to be* paid, he shall pay for each such brand a
fee of five dollars. Said fees to constitute a fund for the
payment of the cost of the inspections, sampling, analysis
and other expenses incident to putting into effect the pro-
visions of this sub-title.

111. Any person or persons selling, offering, or expos-
ing for sale, any of the materials covered by section 106
or brand of the same, unless accompanied by the statement
required by section 106, or, when so accompanied, if the