676                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 329

and the fifteen cents 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 or soil con-
ditioner 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)    Fund for payment of expenses of administration.—Registra-
tion and inspection fees and penalties shall constitute a fund for
payment of the cost of inspection, sampling, analysis, and other
expenses necessary for the administration of this subtitle.

(c)    Reports and records; failure to make accurate statement or
pay fee.—Every person who distributes commercial fertilizer or soil
conditioner 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 or brand
of soil conditioner sold by him to distributee 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 dis-
closed 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] these materials, the person who distributed to the con-
sumer 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] product.

(2)    If the tonnage report is not filed and the payment of inspec-
tion fee is not made within 80 days after the end of the semi-annual
period, a collection fee amounting to 10 percent (minimum $10.00)
of the amount shall be assessed against the registrant, and the amount
of fees due shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment
against the registrant.

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

[(3) 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 registration on file for the distributor.]

(d)    Report of sales and distribution to nonregistrant.—Each
registrant distributing or selling commercial fertilizer to a non-
registrant will:

Mail to the State Chemist within 10 days (excluding legal holidays
and Sundays) after the last day of each calendar month a statement
showing, for that month, the following information: The total
amount (tons of commercial fertilizer distributed by grades and
analyses and the counties to which distributed, and the form in
which the commercial fertilizer was shipped (bags, bulk, liquid, etc.);