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such anthracite shall be filed with the weighmaster as in this sub-
title hereinafter provided, and such weighmaster upon signing such
delivery ticket for any such load of anthracite shall make a nota-
tion upon the delivery ticket of the serial number and date of the
certificate of origin covering said anthracite; provided, however,
that for the purpose of permitting licensed dealers in solid fuel in
the District of Columbia to comply with the provisions of this sub-
title, the Superintendent of Weights and Measures is authorized
to issue weighmaster licenses to persons employed in the District
of Columbia by a dealer in coal who has obtained a license to do
business in the State of Maryland, and such persons may weigh up
and sign a delivery ticket for any load of solid fuel if such load has
been weighed by him on scales located within the District of Columbia
which have been tested, approved and sealed by the sealer of weights
and measures of the District of Columbia. Application for a weigh-
master license pursuant hereto shall be made in the manner herein-
before provided and such license shall be subject to all of the pro-
visions of this subtitle and may be revoked as in said subtitle
provided.

This section is intended to apply solely in favor of solid fuel
dealers in the District of Columbia and shall under no circumstances
be held to enlarge the privileges of solid fuel dealers doing business
elsewhere than in the District of Columbia or of persons employed
by them and if this section or any part thereof is held to create an
unlawful discrimination against such solid fuel dealers or the per-
sons employed by them, then and in the event, this section shall be
deemed to be of no effect, whatever, and this subtitle shall be deemed
to remain in full force and effect as if this section had never passed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the event a new Depart-
ment of Agriculture administered by a Secretary of Agriculture is
created by law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall be substituted
for any reference in this Act to the State Board of Agriculture, and,
to the extent of any inconsistency between said law and this Act
with respect to Section 4 of Article 97, the said law shall control.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 5, 1972.

CHAPTER 236
(Senate Bill 741)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 of
Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Division of Labor and Indus-
try," subtitle "Arbitration of Labor Disputes," providing proce-
dures relating to consent elections and decertification petitions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Division of