636 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 310

ture or other purposes at prices usually lower than would
be received if sold in the fluid milk trade; and that to sta-
bilize and promote the milk industry it is necessary that
uniform prices be paid to all producers who, either directly
or through any corporation or cooperative association,
furnish milk to any specified market;

AND WHEREAS, Experience has shown that the exercise
of state authority is necessary to protect the public health
and welfare of this State and to provide a constant and
adequate supply of pure milk to the public;

AND WHEREAS, It is the policy of this State to promote,
foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly production
and distribution of milk, to eliminate speculation and
waste and to make the distribution of milk between pro-
ducer and consumer economically sound;

AND WHEREAS, The process of producing and marketing
milk has come to be a cooperative enterprise of vast eco-
nomic importance to the State and of vital importance to
the consuming public, which ought to be safeguarded and
protected in the public interest;

THEREFORE, To accomplish these necessary purposes
this Article is enacted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new Article be added to the Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Milk Control, " to follow Ar-
ticle 65 of said Code to be known as Article 65-A, and to
read as follows:

Section 1. As used in this Act:

"Commission" means the Maryland Milk Control Com-
mission hereby created.

"Person" includes individuals, partnerships, associations
and corporations, not excepting cooperative agricultural as-
sociations or corporations wheresoever organized.

"Milk" means the lacteal secretion of a dairy animal or
animals, and includes such secretion when cooled, pasteur-
ized, standardized, or otherwise processed, with a view to
being sold as milk for consumption in fluid form; or for
manufacture into any dairy product for human consump-
tion.

"Market" means any municipal corporation or corpora-
tions or unincorporated territory in this State, or both,
designated by the Commission as a natural marketing area.

"Health Authorities" includes the State Department of
Health, the Baltimore City Health Department, and the