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Board, or its duly authorized agent, institute and prosecute
such action as may be proper under the provisions of this sub-
title.
37. No person shall be prosecuted for violation of the
provisions of this sub-title where it can be established that
the fruit or vegetable passed inspection by an authorized in-
spector of the Department or by an inspector of the United
States Department of Agriculture and was graded, packed
and marked in accordance with the provisions of this sub-title.
Certificates of inspection issued by all such inspectors shall be
accepted as prima facie evidence in any Court of the facts
contained therein.
38. Any person who sells any fruit or vegetable in a con-
tainer which is not properly marked shall not be prosecuted
therefor when he can establish by satisfactory evidence that
he was not a party to the grading or packing of the fruit or
vegetable in question, and had no knowledge that the same
was mismarked or illegally packed.
39. This sub-title shall not be construed as repealing any
existing law, but shall be in addition thereto, and the powers
and duties herein vested in the State Board of Agriculture
and the Maryland State Department of Markets shall be in
addition to, and not in limitation of, any powers or duties
which now are, or hereafter may be conferred upon the State
Board of Agriculture or the Maryland State Department of
Markets.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any of the pro-
visions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, or is in conflict with any Federal
law, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be
affected thereby.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.
Approved May 11, 1939.
CHAPTER 576.
(House Bill 429)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1
of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Attorneys At Law and Attorneys In
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