1590                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 727

ducting the same, any farmer or producer upon and against whom
such annual assessments shall have been levied and collected under
the provisions of this subtitle, if dissatisfied with said assessment
and the result thereof, shall have the right to demand of and receive
from the treasurer of said agency a refund of such annual assess-
ment so collected from such farmer or producer, provided such de-
mand for refund is made in writing within thirty days from the
date on which said assessment is collected from such farmer or
producer. Provided, however, that as to growers or producers of
potatoes or peaches the right of refund of assessments as provided
herein shall be contingent upon such growers or producers having
paid said assessment on or before the end of the assessment year
in which the assessment was levied. The assessment year shall be
determined by the duly certified commission, council, board or agency
representing the respective commodity: Provided further, that any
farmer or producer of potatoes or peaches who fails to make any
protest against the assessment and levy in writing, addressed to
the duly certified commission, council, board or agency representing
the commodity concerned, within thirty days from the date such
assessment shall become due and payable, then, and in such event,
suit may be brought by the duly certified commission, council, board
or agency concerned in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
the collection of the assessment.

83V.

In the event of the levying and collection of assessments as
herein provided, the treasurer of the agency conducting same shall
within thirty days after the end of any calendar year in which such
assessments are collected, publish through the medium of the press
of the State a statement of the amount or amounts so received and
collected by him under the provisions of this article. Before col-
lecting and receiving such assessments, such treasurer shall give a
bond in the amount of at least the estimated total of such assess-
ments as will be collected, such bond to have a surety thereon a
surety company licensed to do business in the State of Maryland
and to be in the form and amount approved by the agency con-
ducting such referendum and to be filed with the chairman or ex-
ecutive head of such agency.

83W.

THE ASSESSING BODY AND THE STATE BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE MAY EACH DEDUCT NOT MORE THAN
THREE PERCENT OF FUNDS COLLECTED BY SAID
AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OF THE METHODS
PROVIDED BY SECTIONS 83-O, 83P, 83Q, OR 83R OF THIS
ARTICLE, SAID DEDUCTIONS TO BE USED TO DEFRAY
THE EXPENSES OF MAKING ASSESSMENTS AS PROVIDED
HEREIN.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.