MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                         1367

(c) All fees collected under the provisions of this subtitle shall
be paid to the Department of Health, for deposit in the general
funds of the State.

67F.

The Department shall make inspections to determine compliance
with the provisions of this subtitle in order to safeguard the health,
safety, and general welfare of the public. For the purpose of making
such inspections the Commissioner or his duly authorized representa-
tives may enter, examine, and survey at all reasonable times all
places where articles of bedding or upholstered furniture are manu-
factured or renovated, or materials are prepared or disinfected, or
where the articles or materials are sold or offered for sale. All
materials or articles covered by this subtitle shall be subject to the
examination necessary to determine compliance with this subtitle.
The Commissioner may open and examine the contents of any
articles or materials covered by this subtitle and to place off-sale
and to seize and hold for evidence any article of bedding, or uphol-
stered furniture, in whole or in part, which he believes is made or
sold or held in possession in violation of this subtitle. No person
shall interfere with, obstruct or otherwise hinder, any inspector,
officer, or employee of the Department in the performance of his
duties.

67G.

(a)    Violation of any provision of this subtitle is a misdemeanor.
Each article of bedding and upholstered furniture made, remade or
renovated, sold or exposed for sale, exchange or lease, delivered, re-
delivered or consigned for sale, exchange or lease, contrary to the
provisions of this subtitle, constitutes a separate violation. Any
person violating the provisions of this subtitle, or the rules and
regulations adopted thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for each offense and in
default of the payment of the fine to undergo imprisonment of not
more than thirty (30) days for each separate offense, but the total
term of imprisonment at any one time for additional offenses shall
not exceed six (6) months.

(b)    The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of any
person who, after a hearing at which the person has been given a
reasonable opportunity to be heard in his defense, is found guilty
of having violated any of the provisions of this subtitle or of having
made any false statement in his application for a license or permit
issued pursuant to this subtitle.

(c)    Any person aggrieved by the action of the Department may
appeal therefrom as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act,
Sections 244 through 256, inclusive, of Article 41 of this Code, as
amended from time to time.

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

Approved May 14, 1969.