MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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exempting private sales, exchanges and
transportation of equine animals from the regulation
of livestock sales; and correcting an error.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture

Section 3-301, 3-305, and 3-308

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 3-301, 3-305, and 3-308 of
Article - Agriculture, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and they are hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Agriculture

3-301.

(a)   In this subtitle, the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(b)  "Livestock dealer" means any person who engages
in the business of selling, buying, exchanging, or
[trnasferring] TRANSFERRING livestock at any place and at
any time.

(c)  "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep, HOUSES,
ASSES, MULES, or goats notwithstanding any other
provision of this article.

(d)  "Livestock market" means an established location
where livestock are [assembled, weighed, graded, and]
offered for sale [at any time].

(e)   "Trucker or hauler" means a person who engages
in the business of transporting livestock in trucks or
other conveyances to or from a farm, a livestock auction,
sales agency, or dealer's premises.

3-305.

(a) Each licensed livestock market operator and
licensed livestock dealer shall maintain a record
covering all animals received and disposed of by him ot-
itis agents. The record shall include date of receipt,
date of sale, and name and address of consignor and
purchaser. Each animal shall be identified by any of the
following (1) by a metal ear tag number, tattoo number,