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postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students
for gainful employment in a recognized occupation: and is a public or other
nonprofit institution. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this
subsection, all colleges and universities in this State are institutions of higher
education for purposes of this section.

"Hospital" means an institution as described in § 556(b) of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland 1965 Replacement Volume as amended.

"The Maryland Workshop for the Blind" means the institution as established
by § 4 of Article 30 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1971 Replacement
Volume as amended, and shall be regarded as an instrumentality of the State for
purposes of Article 95A.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 437
(Senate Bill 805)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 4(b), 7(b), 16, 21,
26(a), and 31 of Article 97 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Weights and Measures,"
subtitle "Standard Weights and Measures," correcting errors in the laws
relating generally to weights and measures.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 4(b), 7(b), 16, 21, 26(a), and 31 of Article 97 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement),
title "Weights and Measures," subtitle "Standard Weights and Measures," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

4.

(b) The Superintendent shall appoint State inspectors of weights and measures,
and necessary technical and clerical personnel, from eligible lists prepared by the
Secretary of Personnel or other authorized source and these personnel shall be
included in the State [of] Merit System as classified employees.

7.

(b) These regulations shall include specifications, tolerances, and other technical
requirements for weights and measures of the character of those specified in § 9 of
this subtitle, designed to eliminate from use, without prejudice to apparatus that
conforms as closely as practicable to the official standards, those (1) that are not
accurate, (2) that are of such construction that they are faulty (that is, that are not
reasonably permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications
correctly), or (3) THAT facilitate the perpetration of fraud. Provided, that the
specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial
weighing and measuring devices, specified in § 9, shall be those adopted by the
National Conference on Weights and Measures and included in the National
Bureau of Standards Handbook 44, and subsequent editions, amendments and