932                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 342

heads of tobacco to have the same reopened, and if it shall be
found that the sample does not correctly represent said tobacco, the
said committee or a majority of them, shall select a sample which shall
correctly represent it, and the new sample shall be substituted in
the place of the rejected sample, at no cost to the owner or owners;
provided, that if said sample shall be found by said committee to
properly represent said tobacco, then the cost of the reopening
said tobacco shall be paid by the owner or owners of the same, and said
costs shall be one dollar per hogshead.

56.

(a)    The Tobacco Authority of the State of Maryland, hereinafter
referred to as the Authority, is hereby created as part of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and constituted a body corporate, with authority
to have and use a common seal, to sue and be sued in a court of law,
and to any and all things as empowered by this subtitle or reason-
ably necessary and proper for accomplishing the purposes thereof,
subject to the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture as set forth
in Article 41 of this Code or elsewhere in the laws of Maryland.

(b)    The Authority shall have eight members, all to be appointed
by the Governor. One member shall be a person familiar with the
economics and marketing of Maryland tobacco, to be selected from a
list of three nominees to be submitted by the [University of Mary-
land, or some proper officer thereof] Secretary of Agriculture. One
shall be a representative of the several persons or agencies selling
leaf tobacco in Maryland, to be selected from a list of three nominees
submitted by the several tobacco selling agencies in Maryland, or any
of them. One member shall be a representative of the several persons
or agencies buying leaf tobacco in Maryland. Five members shall be
at the time of their selection producers of tobacco in Maryland and
shall neither directly nor indirectly have any financial or other inter-
est in the selling or buying of tobacco, except insofar as they have
interests as producers; such five persons shall be selected from a list
of fifteen nominees submitted by the Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.,
and at least two of such five persons shall be a member of that po-
litical party which polled the second highest number of votes in the
last preceding gubernatorial election. Provided, however, that no two
producer members of the Authority shall be residents of the same
county.

58.

(a) The members of the Authority shall from time to time elect
a chairman from among their own members. The Authority shall
meet at the call of the chairman, the Secretary of Agriculture,
or of any four members thereof. They may adopt bylaws covering
their organization and procedure.

61.

(k) The Authority, subject to approval by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shall have the power to make such reasonable rules and
regulations and to do such reasonable acts as may be necessary to
carry out the intent of this subtitle.