Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-25
CHAPTER 435.
Approved April 9, 1920.

AN ACT to require under penalty persons firms or corpora
ons engaged il the business of selling leaf tobacco ON OF
through the Baltimore market to keep correct records o.
such sales and to report the the Maryland STATE
Board of Agriculture.
SECTION l. BE- enacted by the General Assembly OF Mary
Hd That every person. firm corporation, engaged regu
@ the business of selling leaf tobacco ON or through the
Baltimore market either for the account of the grower owne
other principal for HIS its their account shall
keep account upon form to be prescribed by thu
Maryland State Board of Agriculture, OF the number OF hogs
heads and total pounds of leaf tobacco sold daily by such per
firm corporation and that said account verhed by
oath Shall before the fifth day of each succeeding mont
be- returned or delivered the Executive Officer OF the Mary
land State Board of Agriculture The form of said
prepared by the said the Maryland State Board OF Agr
culture aforesaid shall be arranged and classified as t.
show under three separate claSscatOns headings entitled
Southern Maryland Tobacco " up Country Tobacco ant
Tobacco Produced Outside of Maryland; first the humble
pounds tobacco sold for the producers of tobacco frs
hand the number of pounds sold for dealers ane
third the number of pounds bought for the account OF the
sand person. firm corporation making said report or for the
account of some other person. firm corporation engaged II
selling leaf tobacco That each person, firm or corporation
engaged In selling leaf tobacco aforesaid, shall keep 1t
books such show the warehouse hogshead mum
b weight and net date of sale, OF each hogshead o
tobacco. whom the sold and at what price pei
lUld ana the account report required TO be made a'
aforesaid to the MARYLAND State Board of Agriculture shall
show clearly the average price received by such person. frn
Incorporation for tobacco sold during the month When sci
information received by the Executive Officer OF the Mary
nd State Board of Agriculture, he shall Immediately calS'
same Dc copied in book kept for that purpose and shall
sad book keep separate and apart the returns to HIM IRON
each of SAID persons firms corporations so as to show t
number of pounds of tobacco sold by each for producers tbs
humber pounds resod for dealers commission merchants
o amy selling agency and the number of pounds purchased
ior M person. corporation for its account to
ef with the average price received by such person. hrm
corporation agency upon total of all sales the Marylan,
N- Board of Agriculture shall prepare the form OF tn
account or report TO be made by the said persons, firms
corporations engaged in the sale of leaf tobacco through tn
baltimore market that when the returned to 1t a
rh1ore required the said account report shall con
@ Tie information herenbefore specified and shall be tn
% 81 said persons, firms and corporations engaged IN tn
sac o. leaf tobacco through the Baltimore market a
aforesaid 10 fully and correctly give the information cale
'O o the said the Maryland State Board of Agriculture
So form of account report; provided however that TIN