HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1698

conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars.

56. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale
of leaf tobacco on or through any established tobacco market
in Maryland who shall fail to keep his, their or its books as
described in the foregoing section, or who shall fail to make
the report required therein, or who shall wilfully make any
false report or make a false statement in said report to the
Maryland State Board of Agriculture, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less
than |25. 00 nor more than $1, 000. 00, or shall be imprisoned
for not less than ten days or more than six months, or be
subject to both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the Court.

59. Any person, firm, association or corporation which sell
hogsheads or baskets or other containers^ of tobacco directly
for the growers, shall first give a bond to the State of Mary-
land for a penalty in the amount of ten thousand dollars
(110, 000. 00) the said bonds to be deposited with the State
Comptroller, to protect said growers from any loss or losses
sustained from failure by any of said persons, firms, associa-
tions or corporations. Any person, firm, association or corpora-
tion violation the provisions of this section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars (f500).

59A. The proprietor or manager of every warehouse hold-
ing tobacco for sale or storage shall keep an open policy of
insurance upon the contents of his warehouse sufficient to
cover every loss by fire or water which any person having
tobacco stored therein may sustain; and for failure so to
do, he shall be liable to the owners of such tobacco for any
damage or loss such owners may sustain by reason of any
partial or total destruction of said tobacco by fire or water.
A reasonable amount for the expense of such insurance cov-
erage may be charged against the account of any person
having tobacco for sale or storage in such warehouse; pro-
vided, however, that if such insurance coverage be furnished
to the owners of tobacco held for sale or in storage in such
warehouse, by any selling or commission agent, it shall not
be necessary for such warehouse to provide such insurance
coverage.

59B. The proprietor or manager of every warehouse
holding tobacco for sale shall have proper weights, meas-
ures, weighing devices, and measuring devices and shall see
that all such weights, measures, weighing devices, and meas-