292                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 242

THAT SECTION 20 (c) OF ARTICLE 48 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION), TITLE "INSPEC-
TION", SUB-TITLE "TOBACCO", BE AND IT IS HEREBY RE-
PEALED AND RE-ENACTED, WITH AMENDMENTS, AND
THAT SECTION 22 OF THE SAID ARTICLE AND SUB-TITLE
OF THE CODE, BE AND IT IS HEREBY REPEALED, TO READ
AS FOLLOWS:

20.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any sales agency or its representative,
to which tobacco has been consigned by the owner for sale, to make
any suggestions or objections as to any particular bundle to be in-
cluded or excluded from the sample or to interfere or to try to use
any influence in regard to same; and any person violating this pro-
vision shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty prescribed by
section 47 of this article. Any United States Department of Agri-
culture grader of OR any sales agency OR ITS representative may
examine and handle any bundle or sample being drawn from a hogs-
head for the purpose of determining its texture, quality or grade.

[22. If any inspector or warehouse official upon examination of
any hogshead or basket or other container of tobacco has reason to
suspect that the same is trash or false packed, he shall cause the
same to be shaken out and repacked, and shall charge for so doing
either the sum of two dollars per hogshead or one-half cent per pound
of tobacco, the same to be paid by the owner or his agent; and if any
inspector shall find that the package, cask or hogshead containing
said tobacco is constructed of green or unseasoned timber, it shall be
his duty to uncase said tobacco and furnish a new and dry package,
cask, or hogshead for the same at the cost and expense of the owner
of said tobacco or his agent; said cost and expense not to exceed, how-
ever, the sum of one dollar for each package, cask or hogshead so
furnished.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 28, 1961.

CHAPTER 242
(House Bill 380)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 123 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Drunkenness and Dis-
orderly Conduct', providing that any person drinking, or having
intoxicating beverages in his possession at an interscholastic
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OR HIGH
SCHOOL athletic contest is guilty of a misdemeanor, and pro-
viding a penalty therefor.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.