1856 ARTICLE 43

(p) Employees with infected wounds on the hands or arms are pro-
hibited from handling food products, or the containers in which they are
placed, before such containers are sealed or capped. Clean cuts, which are
not infected, shall be covered with rubber cots securely fastened.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 204. 1912, sec. 177D. 1914, ch. 678.

204. Whenever any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of
. the provisions of this sub-title, the said State Board of Health of Maryland
shall cause the person, firm or corporation so violating to be prosecuted
before any Justice of the Peace in any County of this State where such
offense is committed, or before any Committing Magistrate in the City of
Baltimore, provided, that the accused shall have the right of trial by
a jury if he so elects, and the right of appeal from the decision of the Jus-
tice of the Peace where the accused does not elect a jury trial; and that in
any such case the State Board of Health of Maryland shall before prose-
cuting such person, firm or corporation, cause an order to be served on such
person, firm or corporation commanding him or it to discontinue or abate
such violation or to make such improvements as may be necessary to abate
such violation, within a reasonable time to be fixed by the said Board and
stated in said order. Such order shall be in writing and the person receiv-
ing such order shall have the right to be heard, either in person or by attor-
ney, by the said State Board of Health of Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 205. 1912, sec. 177E. 1914, ch. 678.

205. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provi-
sions of this sub-title, or refuses, neglects or fails to comply with the pro-
visions and requirements hereof, or fails to comply with any lawful order
or requirements of said Board of Health duly made in writing as herein
provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof, shall, for the first offense, be fined not more than Fifty Dollars;
for the second offense, not more than One Hundred Dollars; and for the
third offense, not more than Three Hundred Dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 206. 1912, sec. 177F. 1914, ch. 678.

206. The State Board of Health of Maryland, its agents and servants,
are hereby authorized and empowered to enter at reasonable hours the prem-
ises of any establishment in this State, or into any room in any building in
this State engaged in any business herein set forth, for the purpose of
inspecting and enforcing the provisions of this sub-title; and any person,
firm or corporation engaged in the business aforesaid refusing access to the
said State Board of Health of Maryland, its officers and agents, or in any
way interfering with them in the exercise of their duties, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum
not exceeding One Hundred Dollars for each offense.

1931, ch. 301, sec. 206A.

207. The word "cannery," as used in Sections 207-210, shall mean any
place or establishment where food products are cooked, preserved, processed
or prepared and placed in cans or other containers and hermetically sealed
for commercial purposes.