414                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 231

per ton inspection fee, an annual registration fee of twenty-five (25)
dollars for each brand and grade distributed.

(I) Where a person distributes commercial fertilizer in packages
of ten (10) pounds or less and in packages over ten (10) pounds,
the annual registration fee of twenty-five (25) dollars shall apply
only to that portion distributed in packages of ten (10) pounds or
less, and that portion distributed in packages over ten (10) pounds
shall be subject to the inspection fee of fifteen (15) cents per ton as
provided in this subtitle.

(b)   Registration and inspection fees shall constitute a fund for
payment of the cost of inspection, sampling, analysis, and other ex-
penses necessary for the administration of this subtitle.

(c)   Every 'person who distributes commercial fertilizer in this
State shall:

(1)    Furnish the State Chemist with a semi-annual written state-
ment of the tonnage of each grade of commercial fertilizer sold by
him to distributees in the State. This statement shall include all sales
for the periods of January 1 to and including June 30 and of July 1
to and including December 31 each year. No information furnished
under this section shall be disclosed in such a way as to divulge the
operation of any person. When more than one person is involved in
the distribution of a commercial fertilizer, the person who distributed
to the consumer is responsible for reporting the tonnage and payment
of the inspection fee unless the report and payment have been made
by a prior distributor of the fertilizer.

(2)    Keep such records as may be necessary or required by the
State Chemist to indicate accurately the tonnage of commercial fer-
tilizer distributed in this State, and the State Chemist or his agent
shall have the right to examine such records to verify statements of
tonnage.

(3)  Failure to Make Accurate Statement or Pay Fee. Failure to
make an accurate statement of tonnage or to pay the inspection fee
within 30 days from date of the close of each period or comply as
provided herein shall constitute sufficient cause for the cancellation
of all registrations on file for the distributor.

477.

Misbranding.

No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer.

A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed to be misbranded:

(a)    If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.

(b)   If it is distributed under the name of another fertilizer.

(c)   If it is not labeled as required in Section 475 of this subtitle
and in regulations prescribed under this subtitle.

(d)    If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial fertilizer
or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a fertilizer
material, unless such fertilizer material conforms to the definition of
identity, if any, prescribed by regulation of the State Chemist; in the