1250                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 618

exclusive regulation under the Federal Meat Inspection Act; AND
THIS SUBTITLE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED OR APPLIED
TO AFFECT WILD GAME OR WILD FOWL OR THE SLAUGH-
TERING OR INSPECTION THEREOF.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 212 and 321 of
Article 27 of the said Code (1967 Replacement Volume), title and
subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," subheadings respec-
tively "Fraud—Livestock," and "Health—Slaughter of Animals," be
and they are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 180 of Article 43
of the said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle
"Adulteration of Food and Drink," subheading "Miscellaneous
Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed and that Section 178 of the
said Article, subtitle and subheading of the Code, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and all to read as follows:

178.

The said State Board of Health, or its proper officer or any inspector
or inspectors appointed by said Board are empowered at all reasonable
times to inspect and examine any [live animal, carcass, meat, poultry,
game, flesh,] fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, milk, wine, spirits, malt
or other liquors or things exposed for sale or deposited in any place
for the purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale and intended for the
food of man, the proof that the same was not exposed or deposited for
any such purpose, or was not intended for the food of man, resting
with the party charged; and if such [animal, carcass, meat, poultry,
game, flesh,] fish, fruits, vegetables, bread, milk or other things
appear to the said Board or its proper officer or inspector, to be
diseased or unsound or unwholesome and unfit for the food of man,
the said Board or its proper officer shall issue an order preventing the
sale of such article or articles for human food, and any person
neglecting or refusing to obey such an order shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine in any sum of not
less than fifty dollars, and, in default of the payment thereof, by
imprisonment in the public jail not more than six months.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other pro-
visions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, all the
provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such incon-
sistency.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.