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pursuant thereto, it may issue a written or printed "stop sale" order
to the owner or custodian of any such potatoes; and it shall be unlaw-
ful for anyone, after receipt of such "stop sale" order, to sell for
propagation purposes any potatoes with respect to which such order
has been issued. Such "stop sale" order shall not prevent the sale of
any such potatoes for other than propagation purposes.

191.    (Exemptions) Nothing in this sub-title shall prohibit the
sale, for propagation purposes in this state, of Irish potatoes or parts
thereof grown within the state when sold by the grower thereof to a
planter having knowledge of the conditions under which such potatoes
were grown.

192.    (Appeal) Any person pecuniarily interested in any Irish
potatoes subject to the provisions of this sub-title may appeal to the
Board, in accordance with such regulations as the Board may pre-
scribe from any "stop sale" order.

193. All fees and moneys collected by the Board or its agents
under this sub-title shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for
the use of the Board in carrying out the provisions of this sub-title.

194. (Penalties) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or
other association which violates any provisions of this sub-title or
wilfully interferes with the State Board of Agriculture or its duly
appointed agents, in the performance, on account of the execution, of
its or their duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more
than $100.00 for the first offense; not less than $25.00 nor more than
$200.00 for the second offense; and not less than $100.00 nor more
than $500.00 for each subsequent offense.

195.    It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney and any prose-
cuting officer of the county or city in which the violation of this
sub-title occurs, at the request of the State Board of Agriculture, or
its duly authorized agents, to prosecute the person, firm, corporation,
partnership, or other association accused of such violation.

196.    This sub-title shall not be construed as replacing any exist-
ing laws, but shall be in addition thereto, and the powers and duties
herein vested in the State Board of Agriculture and its agents shall
be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any powers or duties which
are now, or hereafter may be conferred upon the State Board of
Agriculture.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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 March 18, 1957.