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III $1,000, for each sample of

toon dollars $4,000 for each sample Oh
fer,ilizer analyzed by the said college.
S. Ind be 1t enacted, That any
purchaser of fertilizer who shall be injured
pr defrauded by the contents OF the pag'
barrel or other packages not conforming Ia
quantity and quality to the marks lapeis
~ statements on or accompanying the same
NAV recover from the seller or sellers there
or n an action of debt, an amount equal
IN the purchase money OF saiu ler'i,iAei
and cost of suit, and in case the purchase
is made of an agent of any-person OF per
sons residing out of the limits oil the o.ate
of MARYLAND, or company or corporation,
whose principle place of business Is out oil
the State. manufacturing, compromising
nrepariug and furnishing for sale any suell
commercial fertilizer, the purchaser thereof
may at his or her option, proceed, by al
tachment, as now provided for BY law IN
cases of non resident and abscondlns uen
tors against any property, rights OF creul'
Of any person, persons, company or eorpo-
ration selling, manufacturing, preparing
comnoupding or furnishing said fertilizers
when such property, rights or credits can
w. 20 fannd within the limits of the State oil
Maryland. M,
SEC. 9. And be 1t enacted, That any
manufacturer, dealer, agent or other per,
son or persons who shall adulterate, ada
to or take ANYTHING from any fertilizer sold
or offered for sale within this State, or who
shall use the brand or trademark OF any
manufacturer or dealer other than his own
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor'
and shall upon conviction thereof, IN any
court having jurisdiction, be punished by
4 fine not exceeding two hundred dollars
$4,000 and imprisonment in jail not ex,
eeeding six months, or by both line and
Imprisonment at the discretion of the court
before whom he shall be tried.
SEC. 10. And be It enacted, That this
Act shall not effect parties importing,
manufacturing or manipulating fertilizer
for their own use, if not sold or disposed
of, and it shall not apply to substances and
material sold in bulk to manufactures or
manipulators of fertilizer, and nothing IN
this Act shall prevent the buyer and sell
Ter from making contracts in reference to
the price to be paid dependent upon the
composition or quality of the fertilizer con-
tracted for, but no arrangement or agree
ment. verbal or written, made by or be-
tween any seller and buyer of fertilizers IN
| this State, for the purpose OF exoneratlnS
the seller or manufacturer from liability
for any violation of any of the provisions
of this Act, shall exempt any person from
such liability.
SEC. IL. Ind be ii enacted, That it
shall be the duty OF all State Attorneys to
prosecute all persons accused of violating
this act or any of the provisions OF this
Act or of the Act to which this is Il sup
pement.
SEC. ,. Ind be It caacted, That this
act shall take effect on the first day Of May
in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
four.
Approved April 6, 1894.
] FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aioregoing
is correct copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
Session, 1891
J. RODGER MoSIIERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
Il. l.. SMITH.
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates,