THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1847

(b) In order to control, retard or eradicate any dan-
gerously injurious insect or plant disease the aforesaid
officers may quarantine within the State any area known
to be infested or infected and may regulate the movement
of infested or infected plant material or non plant mate-
rial likely to transfer the infestation or infection from the
quarantined area or areas to non-infested or non-infected
areas. The aforesaid officers may likewise remove areas
from quarantine, when the purpose for which the quaran-
tine was established has been achieved.

(c) The aforesaid officers may issue regulations under
the quarantine, as an integral part thereof, for treatment
of infested and infected crops and for the treatment of the
soil, implements, storage facilities or any other equipment
or materials, in the quarantine area, likely to be a factor
in the transmission of the insect, other animal pest or
disease to other non quarantined areas within the State.

(d) In the interest of insect and plant disease control,
the aforesaid officers may regulate or prohibit the plant-
ing of any crop, in the quarantined area or areas, which
would in their judgment prevent or limit the control, re-
tardation or eradication of any insect, other animal pest or
plant disease for which the quarantine may be established.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 30, 1951.

CHAPTER 619
(Senate Bill 382)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 8 of Article
2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supple-
ment), title "Alcoholic Beverages, " sub-title "Beer

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