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Maryland State Horticultural Society. The Com-
mission raises funds for publicity and advertising,
sales promotion, education, and research to in-
crease the demand for, and consumption of,
Maryland apples. All apples of U.S. Number 1
Canner Grade or better grown in Maryland and
sold in commercial trade are subject to a tax of
three cents per bushel, except that the first five
hundred bushels sold by any producer are tax ex-
empt. Commercial growers must report all apples
sold during the crop season by December 31 each
year. Apples sold after the season must be report-
ed by the close of the following May. The Com-
mission deposits the funds received from these
sources with the State Treasurer in a merchandis-
ing fund, and none of this money may be used
for any other purpose, operating expenditures
excepted (Code Agriculture Article, secs. 10-401
through 10-406).

BOARD OF INSPECTION OF HORSE
RIDING STABLES

Chairman: Frank Amsden, 1981
Secretary: Virginia B. Thackery, 1984

Mary J. Duckett, 1981; Dr. M. Michael Swindle,
D.V.M., 1984; Diana Lee Bobbie, 1984.

Plaza Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2161

The Board of Inspection of Horse Riding Sta-
bles, created by Chapter 474, Acts of 1968, was
transferred from the Department of Licensing
and Regulation to the Department of Agriculture
by Chapter 618, Acts of 1980. The Board consists
of five members appointed by the Governor with
the advice of the Secretary of Agriculture for
four-year terms. Of the members one shall be a
duly qualified and licensed veterinarian, two shall
be officers of a county humane society, one shall
be an owner of a licensed stable, and one shall be
a member of the public. The members of the
Board select their chairperson. Members of the
Board serve without compensation.

The Board makes all necessary rules and regu-
lations for the proper performance of their duties.
It also provides for the filing of applications for
licenses and makes rules and regulations for the
qualifications of applicants. The Board may ap-
point a qualified inspector and it may designate
officers of County Humane Societies, Societies for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and li-
censed veterinarians to act as its agents and to
make routine inspections.

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Vernon R. Foster

Ex officio members: Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Secre-
tary, Department of Agriculture; Frank L.
Bentz, Jr., Vice-President for Agricultural Af-
fairs, University of Maryland; George Kemp,
Chairman, Maryland Agricultural Commission;
James B. Coulter, Secretary, Department of
Natural Resources; Floyd Allred, Jr., President,
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Dis-
tricts.

Appointed members: Richard Wright, Supervisor,
Wicomico Soil Conservation District, 1983;
Donald L. Spickler, Supervisor, Washington
County Soi! Conservation District, 1984; W.
Mitchell Digges, Supervisor, Charles Soil Con-
servation District, 1981; Vernon Foster, Supervi-
sor, Baltimore County Soil Conservation District,
1982.

Advisory non-voting members: Dr. John M.
Curtis, Director, Cooperative Extension Service;
Gerald R. Calhoun, State Conservationist,
USDA, Soil Conservation Service.

Arnold C. Hawkins, Executive Secretary

Parole Plaza Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2338

The State Soil Conservation Committee, estab-
lished by Chapter 436, Acts of 1937, and as
amended from time to time since that date, con-
sists of the Secretary of the Department of Agri-
culture or any employee of the Department of
Agriculture whom he designates; the Secretary of
Natural Resources, or any employee of the De-
partment of Natural Resources whom he desig-
nates; the principal administrative official for ag-
ricultural affairs at the University of Maryland as
designated by the President of the University; the
chairperson of the Maryland Agricultural Com-
mission, or other member of the Commission he
designates; the President of the Maryland Associ-