§ 18-3. Scope of subtitle - local produce.

(a) In general.

Provided further, that this subtitle shall not apply to a farmer or producer or person who offers for sale or sells to retailers, hotels, restaurants, processors, or public institutions or to commission merchants the products herein mentioned, or any of them, which were grown, raised, or produced, made, manufactured, caught, trapped, or killed, within the State of Maryland.

(b) Permit required.

But it shall be unlawful, however, for any such farmer or producer or person or any employees of such farmer or producer, or person to engage in the business of selling the products herein mentioned, or any of them, to retailers, hotels, restaurants, or public institutions within the City of Baltimore unless he applies annually to the Director of Finance for a permit so to sell.

(c) Application.

(1) Any farmer or producer or person desiring to secure such permit shall file with the Director of Finance annually an application, with his post office address, subscribed and sworn to before a notary public, which shall state that he will sell or offer for sale only such products as were grown, raised, produced, made, manufactured, caught, trapped, or killed in the State of Maryland.

(2) It shall be the duty of the said Director of Finance to investigate and verify the statements of the applicant if he is not satisfied with the proofs submitted.

(d) Issuance; fee.

(1) The permits issued to farmers or producers or persons shall be in the form of a metal plate, on which shall be printed or stamped "Farmer's Permit No. ".

(2) The fee for such permit shall not exceed $1 each.

(e) Display.

Said plate shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on wagon or other vehicle by said farmer or producer or person at all times when selling his products.