1100                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 662

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(THE NEW MARSH WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET
AUTHORITY.) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A BODY COR-
PORATE AND POLITIC, TO BE KNOWN AS "THE NEW MARSH
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET AUTHORITY", WHICH
SHALL BE DEEMED AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, AND A PUBLIC CORPO-
RATION, AND BY THAT NAME, STYLE AND TITLE, SAID
BODY MAY CONTRACT AND BE CONTRACTED WITH, SUE
AND BE SUED, IMPLEAD AND BE IMPLEADED, AND COM-
PLAIN AND DEFEND IN ALL COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY.
THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS,
ALL OF WHOM SHALL BE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND. THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL EXTEN-
SION, STATE OF MARYLAND, AND COMPTROLLER OF THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE SHALL BE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS,
AND THE TENURE OF THEIR OFFICE SHALL COINCIDE
WITH THE TERM FOR WHICH THEY HOLD THE DESIG-
NATED OFFICES. IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY IN ANY
OF THE EX OFFICIO OFFICES, THE SEAT ON THE AUTHOR-
ITY IS TO BE TAKEN BY THE INTERIM OR PERMANENT
SUCCESSOR. THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE SHALL APPOINT
ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
PRODUCE DISTRIBUTING INDUSTRY AND ONE MEMBER
WHO SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCER OF AGRI-
CULTURAL PRODUCTS. THE REMAINING THREE MEM-
BERS SHALL BE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND AND APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THE
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF FIVE MEMBERS, EXCLUDING
THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS, SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH
MANNER THAT THE TERM OF ONE MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE
ON JULY 1, 1956, THE TERM OF ANOTHER MEMBER SHALL
EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1957, THE TERM OF ANOTHER MEMBER
SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1958, THE TERM OF ANOTHER
MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1959, AND THE TERM
OF THE REMAINING MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1,
1960. THEIR SUCCESSORS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR
TERMS OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATES OF EXPIRATION
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS OF OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT
ANY PERSON APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY SHALL
SERVE ONLY FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM AND ANY MEM-
BER OF THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-
APPOINTMENT. THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE
MAY, AFTER NOTICE IN WRITING THIRTY (30) DAYS IN
ADVANCE OF SUCH ACTION, REMOVE ANY MEMBER FOR
INEFFICIENCY, NEGLECT OR MISCONDUCT. ANY MEMBER
SO NOTIFIED SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A HEARING BEFORE
THE MAYOR, PROVIDED THAT REQUESTS FOR SUCH HEAR-
ING BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE MAYOR NOT LATER
THAN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH NOTICE.
IN THE EVENT OF SUCH REMOVAL, THE MAYOR SHALL
APPOINT A SUCCESSOR REPRESENTING THE SAME GROUP
AS THAT OF THE MEMBER SO REMOVED. IMMEDIATELY