1692 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 978

persons, firms or corporations, so as to show the number of
pounds of tobacco sold by each for producers, the number
of pounds resold for dealers or commission merchants, or
any selling agency, and the number of pounds purchased
for the person, firm or corporation for its own account, to-
gether with the average price received by each person, firm,
corporation or agency upon total of all sales; the Maryland
State Board of Agriculture shall so prepare the form of the
account or report to be made by the said persons, firms or
corporations engaged in the sale of leaf tobacco through
any established tobacco market in Maryland that when the
same are returned to it as hereinbefore required, the said
account or report shall contain the information hereinbefore
specified, and it shall be the duty of said persons, firms and
corporations engaged in the sale of leg, f tobacco on or through
any established tobacco market in Maryland as aforesaid to
fully and correctly give the information called for by the
said Maryland State Board of Agriculture, in said form
of account or report; provided, however, that this and Sec-
tions 56 and 57 of this Article shall not apply to any per-
son, firm or corporation engaged solely in the buying of leaf
tobacco, either for his, their or its own account, or for resale
or for the account of a principal.

Any person, firm or corporation, violating the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined not more than Two Hundred Dol-
lars (|200. 00) for each such violation, and each day such
violation shall continue shall be considered a separate offense,

55. If any person, firm or corporation or other sales xagency
engaged in the business of selling Maryland grown leaf to-
bacco on commission as agent for the grower or shipper,
shall resell any such tobacco in the name of the original
grower or shipper and not in the name of the true owner,
the said person, firm, corporation or sales agency so resell-
ing shall make a report of such resale to the executive officer
of the Maryland State Board of Agriculture on or before the
5th day of the ensuing month, showing the person or corpo-
ration to whom or to which sold, name of shipper or person
in whose name it was sold, the warehouse hogshead or bas-
ket or other container number, and if the hogshead has been
resampled, the previous warehouse number or numbers, and
the date of sale of each hogshead or basket or other con-
tainer, the weight, and at what price per pound sold, and such
report when received by the State Board of Agriculture
shall be a public record subject to inspection. Any per-
son, firm or corporation or sales agency failing to make such
report shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon