MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1057

meters, trucks, tank wagons, tractor trailers, tanks, barrels, barges,

motor vessels, tank cars and other containers used to market gaso-

line and special fuels, consistent with the general practices of other

states and the Petroleum Industry by using the provisions set forth
pertaining to liquid measuring devices in the National Bureau of
Standards Handbook 44 as amended from time to time.

157L. K. Penalty.

Any person, co-partnership or corporation, or any member, officer,
agent or employee of any co-partnership or corporation who shall
violate any provision of this subtitle or aid or assist in the violation,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both
fine and imprisonment.

157M. L. False Statement.

If any signed statement, report, affidavit, or oath, required under
any of the provisions of this subtitle, shall contain any false state-
ment willfully, the offender shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties provided
by law for that crime.

157N. M. Equipment, Personnel and Incidental Expenses.

The Comptroller of the Treasury with the approval of the Board
of Public Works is authorized for the fiscal year 1970 to expend such
amounts as he deems necessary and expedient for the proper admin-
istration and enforcement of this subtitle. This authority includes
but in no way is limited to the employment of such assistants, chem-
ists, inspectors, clerks, stenographers and other employees as he
deems necessary. All such employees of a personnel nature shall be
so employed in accordance with the provisions of Article 64A known
as the Merit System Law but nothing therein shall preclude the
Comptroller from applying to the Board of Public Works for author-
ity to employ personnel on either a contractual or temporary basis.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT, IF ANY
WORD, PHRASE, PROVISION OR PORTION OF THIS ACT
SHALL BE HELD IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDIC-
TION TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID, THE UN-
CONSTITUTIONALITY OR INVALIDITY SHALL APPLY ONLY
TO SUCH WORD, PHRASE, PROVISION OR PORTION, AND
FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE
DECLARED TO BE SEVERABLE.

Sec. 2. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.