WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 53
CHAPTEE 22
(Senate Bill 23)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,, Sub-section
(b) of Section 59F, Section 59G and Sub-section (a) of
Section 59H of Article 48 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1947 Supplement), title "Inspections", sub-title
"State Tobacco Authority", as said sections were enacted
by Chapter 61 of the Acts of the Special Session of 1947,
relating to the membership of the State Tobacco Authority
and the meetings thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (b) of Section 59F, Section 59G and
Sub-section (a) of Section 59H of Article 48 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement) title "Inspec-
tions", sub-title "State Tobacco Authority", as said sections
were enacted by Chapter 61 of the Acts of the Special Session
of 1947, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows :

59F.

(b). The Authority shall have seven members, all to be
appointed by the Governor. One member shall be a per-
son familiar with the economics and marketing of Mary-
land tobacco, to be selected from a list of three nominees to
be submitted by the University of Maryland, or some proper
officer thereof. One shall be a representative of the several
persons or agencies selling leaf tobacco in Maryland, to be
selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the
several tobacco selling agencies in Maryland, or any of them.
Five members shall be at the time of their selection pro-
ducers of tobacco in Maryland and shall neither directly
nor indirectly have any financial or other interest in the selling
or buying of tobacco, except in so far as they have interests
as producers; such five persons shall be selected from a list
of fifteen nominees submitted by the Maryland Farm Bureau,
Inc., and at least two of such five persons shall be a member
of that political party which polled the second highest num-
ber of votes in the last preceding gubernatorial election. Pro-
vided, however, that no two producer members of the
Authority shall be residents of the same county.

59G. (Tenure.) Of the seven members of the Authority
first to be appointed, two shall be appointed for a term of
one year, two shall be appointed for terms of two years, and
three shall be appointed for terms of three years. There-
after, as the term of any member expires, his successor shall
be appointed for a term of three years. Each member shall
serve during the period for which appointed and until his