MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1657

Art. 48, §59 (a) of the Code, as amended by
Ch. 235, Acts of 1973. The present provision
allowing collaboration with the State Board
of Agriculture is omitted as obsolete. Since
the Authority is a unit of the Department an
analogous provision allowing collaboration is
unnecessary. The present provision
permitting the Authority to collaborate with
"groups and agencies" is proposed for
deletion because it is ambiguous since
"agency" could connote either a private or
government agency. Likewise, "group" is a
vague term. Therefore, new language is
substituted to provide that the Authority may
collaborate with "any person or government
agency." The phrase "government agency" is
used to connote any agency of any state or
any agency of the federal government.

Subsection (d) presently appears as Art. 48,
§59 (b) of the Code. The present reference to
"judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City" is proposed for deletion. The Circuit
Court of Baltimore City has jurisdiction in
cases of this nature but it is unnecessary to
add language to this effect since under Art.
1, §14 a reference to county includes
Baltimore City.

The only other changes made are in style.
SEC. 7-207. DUTIES OF AUTHORITY.
THE AUTHORITY SHALL:

(1)   PRESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH
BASKETS OF LEAF TOBACCO MAY BE ARRANGED AND DISPLAYED
ON THE SALES FLOOR OF ANY LEAF WAREHOUSE;

(2)   PRESCRIBE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH BASKETS OF LEAF TOBACCO MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM
THE SALES FLOOR OF ANY PRIVATE WAREHOUSE;

(3)    DETERMINE THE DATA OR INFORMATION THAT
MAY BE PLACED ON THE TICKETS OF BASKETS OF LEAF
TOBACCO ON THE SALES FLOOR OF ANY PRIVATE WAREHOUSE;

(4)    MAKE INSPECTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME OR
UPON BEQUEST OF ANY INTERESTED PARTY IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THE ACCURACY OF ANY WEIGHTS OR MEASURES USED
BY ANY COMMISSION SELLING AGENCY; AND