940                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 342

may lodge a complaint before [one of the justices of the peace of
the county, who] the District Court, which shall forthwith summon
the owner, or other person so neglecting or refusing, and upon being
satisfied, after an examination into the facts, of the existence of the
said disease in the trees or fruit as charged by [said tree and fruit
inspectors,] the Secretary, [it shall be the duty of said justice of the
peace to] the Court shall forthwith issue an order to [said tree and
fruit inspectors, or one of them,] the Secretary or to a constable of
said county to destroy said trees or fruit; and for the purpose of de-
stroying the same it shall be lawful for [said tree and fruit inspec-
tors] the Secretary or constable to enter upon any premises in said
county and seize said diseased trees or fruit wherever found, and
have the same destroyed by fire.

98. Penalty.

[It shall be the duty of said justice of the peace] The Court, in
passing the order, as provided in Section 97, [to] shall fix such fine
and penalty as [he] it may see fit, not exceeding the sum of ten dollars
for each offense, and all costs incident to and attending such pro-

ceeding., and upon failure to pay said fine and costs to commit said

person to the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days.

[100. Compensation and expenses of inspectors.

Said tree and fruit inspectors together or any two of them may
discharge the duties imposed by this subtitle, and they shall receive
for each day of actual service a per diem of two dollars and in the
same ratio for a fraction of a day to be paid by the county commis-
sioners of the county as well as such other charges and expenses
as they shall be put to in the discharge of the duties of this subtitle,
which shall be paid by the county commissioners; all expenses, how-
ever, arising out of the failure or refusal of the owner or occupant of
any lands or premises to obey the order of the tree and fruit in-
spectors, and that they shall be put to in the removal and destruction
of any tree or fruit shall be and constitute a lien and charge on the
lands and premises where said trees and fruit were found, recov-
erable by the county commissioners of the county for county pur-
poses through the agency of the tax collector as taxes are collected.]

101. Penalty for interference with [inspectors] Secretary.

If any person shall in anywise interfere with or hinder and im-
pede [said tree and fruit inspectors, or any of them, their] the Secre-
tary, his agents or workmen, or the constable and his assistants in
the performance of their duties, under this subtitle, such person shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by fine not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

144. Registration fees.

(a) Each distributor shall pay to the [University of Maryland]
Department of Agriculture an annual registration fee of one hundred
dollars ($100) for agricultural liming materials and gypsum sold or
distributed in this State and an inspection tax at the rate of five (5)
cents per ton, with no registrant being required to pay more than
five hundred dollars ($500) in lime inspection taxes and registration