WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 311

(A)  There [shall be established and continued] IS a Seafood
Marketing Authority and a Division of Market Development [as the
same Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of Market
Development of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs hitherto
existing].

(B)  The Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of Market
Development shall be part of the Department of [Economic and
Community Development] AGRICULTURE.

(C)   [Said] THE Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of
Market Development shall have the powers, duties,
responsibilities, and functions provided in the laws of this
State. [for the establishment in the Department of Chesapeake Bay
Affairs for a Market Development Section. All references in this
Code, in any other laws of this State, or in ordinances,
resolutions, rules, regulations, legal actions, directives or
documents to the Market Development Section of the Department of
Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be deemed to mean the Seafood
Marketing Authority and the Division of Market Development. From
and after September 1, 1970, all rights, powers, duties,
obligations and functions, heretofore conferred upon or exercised
by the Seafood Marketing Authority and/or the Division of Market
Development of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be
transferred to and exercised by the Seafood Marketing Authority
and Division of Market Development of the Department of Economic
and Community Development and subject to the authority of the
Secretary of Economic and Community Development as set forth in
this Code. All persons who are, as of August 31, 1970, employees
of the Seafood Marketing Authority and/or the Division of Market
Development of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be
transferred to the Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of
Market Development of the Department of Economic and Community
Development in the same position and classification which they
hold as of August 31, 1970; and if said employees are members of
the Merit System, they shall retain their Merit System status.
All books, papers, files, records, furniture, fixtures, and all
other personal property owned by or in the custody, as of August
31, 1970, of the Seafood Marketing Authority and/or the Division
of Market Development of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs
shall be transferred to and be in the ownership or custody of the
Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of Market Development of
the Department of Economic and Community Development. All
appropriations and credits on the books, papers, and accounts of
the Seafood Marketing 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 Authority and Division of
Market Development of the Department of Economic and Community
Development. All forms of the Seafood Marketing Authority and/or

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