J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1005

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 68 (a) of Article 48 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Inspections", sub-title "State Tobacco
Authority", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

68. (a) Every licensed tobacco commission selling agency shall
collect from the owner or seller of tobacco sold on its sales floor, a
fee at the rate of five cents per basket or thirty cents per hogshead,
as the case may be. However, at any time in less than sixty days
prior to the opening of the selling season in any year the Authority,
in consideration of its need for funds in the next fiscal year of other
revenues likely to be available to it and to funds held on its account
by the State Comptroller, may establish a lower rate for that one
season than the rate specified hereinabove in this sub-section; and
any such lower rate shall be as deemed by the Authority a sufficient
amount to keep the Special Fund of the Authority at an adequate
level to meet the requirements of this sub-title relating to the State
Tobacco Authority. Such fee shall be collected at the time any such
selling agency is making its first return to the seller or owner, for
the tobacco so sold. All fees so collected shall be paid over and ac-
counted for by the selling agency to the Authority, at the end of each
selling day. The Authority or its agent may at any reasonable time
inspect the books and accounts of any such selling agency to verify
the correctness of any such returns.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961. THAT THIS ACT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE
AN EMERGENCY MEASURE 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 THE MEMBERS
ELECTED TO EACH OF THE TWO HOUSES OF THE GEN-
ERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM
THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 622

(Senate Bill 469)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 37 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County (1959 Edition, being
Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Charles County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to repeal
provisions fixing the compensation of the County Commissioners
of Charles County while acting as the Roads Board for Charles
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County
(1959 Edition, being Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Charles County", sub-title "County Commission-
ers", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows: