Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1403

of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume AND
1971 SUPPLEMENT), title "GOVERNOR—Executive and Admin-
istrative Departments," subtitle "Greater Baltimore Consolidated
Wholesale Food Market Authority," be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

412.

(B) THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIST OF [SEVEN] TEN
MEMBERS, ALL OF WHOM SHALL BE CITIZENS OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESI-
DENT OF HOWARD COUNTY [.] , AND THREE OF WHOM
SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE NEW MARSH WHOLESALE
PRODUCE MARKET AUTHORITY, AS THE SAME WAS
CREATED BY CHAPTER 662 OF THE LAWS OF MARYLAND
OF 1955, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 845 OF THE LAWS OF
MARYLAND OF 1957. THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION, STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE COMP-
TROLLER OF THE STATE SHALL BE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS,
AND THE TENURE OF THEIR OFFICE SHALL COINCIDE
WITH THE TERMS FOR WHICH THEY HOLD THE DESIG-
NATED OFFICES. IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY IN ANY
OF THE EX OFFICIO OFFICERS, THE SEAT ON THE AU-
THORITY IS TO BE TAKEN BY THE INTERIM OR PERMA-
NENT SUCCESSOR.

THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITH
THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER JUNE 1, 1967, SHALL APPOINT
FIVE MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE ORIGINAL APPOINT-
MENTS OF THOSE FIVE MEMBERS, EXCLUDING THE EX
OFFICIO MEMBERS, SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH MANNER
THAT THE TERM OF ONE MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON
JULY 1, 1968, THE TERM OF ANOTHER MEMBER SHALL
EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1969, THE TERM OF ANOTHER MEM-
BER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1970, THE TERM OF AN-
OTHER MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1971, AND THE
TERM OF THE REMAINING MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON
JULY 1, 1972. IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE
ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, WITHIN TEN (10)
DAYS AFTER JULY 1, 1972, SHALL APPOINT THREE MEM-
BERS WHO SHALL BE, AS OF JULY 1, 1972, MEMBERS OF
THE NEW MARSH WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET AU-
THORITY. THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF THESE
THREE MEMBERS, EXCLUDING THE EX OFFICIO MEM-
BERS, SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE
TERM OF ONE SUCH MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1,
1974, THE TERM OF ANOTHER SUCH MEMBER ON JULY 1,
1975, AND THE TERM OF THE REMAINING SUCH MEMBER
ON JULY 1, 1976. [THEIR] THE SUCCESSORS OF THOSE
EIGHT MEMBERS, EXCLUDING THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS,
SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TERMS OF FIVE YEARS FROM
THE DATES OF EXPIRATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
TERMS OF OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT ANY PERSON AP-
POINTED TO FILL A VACANCY SHALL SERVE ONLY FOR
THE UNEXPIRED TERM. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUTHOR-
ITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT. THE GOVERNOR,