SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1567

which such referendum is conducted, eligible to participate and
voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the
levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such ref-
erendum on the agricultural commodity covered thereby, then such
assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and an-
announced by the agency conducting such referendum.

83M.

The hours, voting places, rules and regulations and the area within
which such referendum herein authorized with respect to any of
the agricultural commodities herein referred to shall be established
and determined by the agency of the commercial growers and pro-
ducers of such agricultural commodity duly certified by the Board
of Agriculture as hereinbefore provided; the said referendum date,
area, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to
the holding of such referendum shall be published by such agency
conducting the same through the medium of the public press in the
State of Maryland at least sixty days before the holding of such
referendum, and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given
to all farm organizations within the State of Maryland and to each
county agent in any county in which such agricultural product is
grown. Such notice shall likewise contain a statement of the
amount of annual assessment proposed to be levied—which assess-
ment in any event shall not exceed one half of one per cent of the
value of the year's production of such agricultural commodity grown
by any farmer, producer or grower included in the group to which
such referendum is submitted—and shall likewise state the method
by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds
thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same
shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the pro-
visions of this article.

83N.

The duly certified agency of the producers of any agricultural
product among whom a referendum shall be conducted under the
provisions of this article shall likewise prepare and distribute in
advance of such referendum all necessary ballots for the purposes
thereof, and shall, under rules and regulations promulgated by said
agency, arrange for the necessary poll holders for conducting the
said referendum; and following such referendum and within ten
days thereafter the said agency shall canvass and publicly declare
the result of such referendum.

83-O.

In the event two thirds or more of the farmers eligible for par-
ticipation in such referendum and voting therein shall vote in favor
of such assessment, then the said assessment shall be collected
annually for the number of years set forth in the call for such
referendum, and the collection of such assessment shall be under
such method, rules and regulations as may be determined by the
agency conducting the same; and the said assessment so collected
shall be paid into the treasury of the agency conducting such ref-
erendum, to be used together with other funds from other sources,
including donations from individuals, concerns or corporations, and