HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1151
CHAPTER 575.
(House Bill 509)

AN ACT to add eleven new sections to Article 2A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title
"Agriculture", said new sections to be known as Sections 29
to 39, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section 28 of
said Article, as said section was enacted by Chapter 437
of the Acts of 1937 (General Session), to be under a new sub-
title to be known as "Fruits and Vegetables", relating to the
the grading and packing of fruits and vegetables and the
marking of containers thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That eleven new sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 2A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Sup-
plement), title "Agriculture", said new sections to be known
as Sections 29 to 39, inclusive, to follow immediately after
Section 28 of said Article, as said section was enacted by
Chapter 437 of the Acts of 1937 (General Session), to be under
a new sub-title to be known as "Fruits and Vegetables" and
to read as follows:

29. For the purpose of this sub-title, unless otherwise re-
quired by the context:

(a) The term "Board" means the State Board of Agri-
culture.

(b) The term "Department" means the State Department of
Markets.

(c) The term "person" means any person, firm, corporation
or association.

(d) The terms "fruit" and "vegetable" mean any fruit or
vegetable, both singular and plural, sold, offered or exposed
for sale, packed for sale, transported for sale, shipped or pre-
sented for intrastate or interstate shipment, but not any fruit
or vegetable which has been canned, dried, pickled or frozen.

(e) The terms "sell" and "sold" mean sale, offer or expose
for sale, pack for sale, transport for sale, ship, or present for
intrastate or interstate shipment, in the present, future or
past tenses.

30. The State Board of Agriculture through the Maryland
State Department of Markets and its duly authorized agents
may, after investigation and public hearing: (1) prescribe
from time to time, official standards or grades for any fruit
or vegetable, (2) promulgate from time to time rules and
regulations governing the markings which shall be required