Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1005

ferred to and be in the ownership or custody of the Seafood Market-
ing Authority and Division of Market Development of the Depart-
ment of Economic and Community Development. All appropriations
and credits on the books, papers, and accounts of the Seafood Market-
ing Authority and/or the Division of Market Development of the
Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs, as of August 31, 1970, for
and to the credit of said Authority and/or Division, and all liabilities
and obligations as of August 31, 1970, of said Authority and/or
Division, shall be transferred to and become the appropriations,
credits, liabilities, and obligations of the Seafood Marketing Author-
ity and Division of Market Development of the Department of
Economic and Community Development. All forms of the Seafood
Marketing Authority and/or the Division of Market Development
of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs existing on August; 81,
1970, together with all rules, regulations, orders and other directives
relating thereto, or promulgated thereby, and then in effect, shall
continue in force pending exercise by the Seafood Marketing Author-
ity and Division of [Marketing] Market Development of the Depart-
ment of Economic and Community Development. All rules, regula-
tions, forms, orders and directives promulgated by or in effect for
the Seafood Marketing Authority and/or the Division of Market
Development of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall
continue in force unless and until changed by the Seafood Marketing
Authority and Division of [Marketing] Market Development of the
Department of Economic and Community Development.

266P.

The Authority may, subject to the authority and powers of the
Secretary of Economic and Community Development as set forth in
Article 41 of this Code or elsewhere in the laws of Maryland:

(1)  Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct
of its business;

(2)  Adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(3)  Maintain an office at such place or places within the State
as it may designate;

(4)  Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded;
service of process in any action shall be made by service upon the
manager of the Authority either in hand or by leaving a copy of
the process at the office of the manager with some person having
charge thereof;

(5)  Employ such assistants, agents, and other employees as may
be necessary or desirable for its purposes, all of whom shall be in
the classified service of the State; to contract for and engage con-
sultants; and to utilize the services of other governmental agencies;

(6)  Accept from a federal agency loans or grants for use in carry-
ing out its purpose, and enter into agreement with such agency-
respecting any loans or grants;

(7)  Request for its guidance a finding of the planning board of
the municipality or county, or if there is no planning board, a find-
ing of the municipal or county officers of the municipality or county
in which the industrial project is proposed to be located, or of the