HEALTH 1857

1931, ch. 301, sec. 206B.

208. No person, firm or corporation shall conduct or operate a can-
nery without first obtaining a license from the State Board of Health;
said license shall run for one year from the date of its issue, unless sooner
revoked, as herein provided, and shall be renewed annually thereafter.
A license may be denied if the establishment of the applicant is known to
be in an unsanitary condition or if the water supply is known to be
dangerously polluted. After January 1, 1932, no new cannery shall be
licensed unless so located or constructed that the waste liquids, drainage
and inedible products can be readily removed from the premises and imme-
diate surroundings, or stored or destroyed, without constituting a nuisance
or objectionable unsanitary condition.

1931, ch. 301, sec. 206C.

209. The State Board of Health shall have the power to revoke any
license issued under the provisions of Sections 207-210, provided before
revoking any license the State Board of Health shall have given written
notice to the licensee affected, stating that it contemplates the revocation of
the same and giving its reasons therefor. Such notice shall appoint a time of
hearing before said State Board of Health and shall be sent by registered
mail to the licensee. On the day of the hearing, the licensee may present
such evidence to the said State Board of Health as he deems fit, and after
hearing all the evidence the State Board of Health shall decide the ques-
tion in such a manner as to it appears just and right. Any licensee whose
license is revoked or suspended may appeal within ten days after such
hearing before the said State Board of Health to the Circuit Court for
the county in which said cannery is situated or to the Baltimore City
Court, if said cannery is situated in Baltimore City, and the decision of
such Court shall be final. Provided, however, that the revocation of any
license given under the authority of Sections 207-210 shall not become
effective until fifteen days after the date set for a hearing before the State
Board of Health, as provided for in this Section; and in the event of an
appeal from the decision of the State Board of Health after such hearing,
the revocation of any license shall not become effective until the decision
of the Circuit Court for the county or of the Baltimore City Court has been
rendered against such person, firm or corporation taking such appeal.

1931, ch. 301, sec. 206D.

210. Any person, firm or corporation who shall operate a cannery
without having first obtained a license as provided in Sections 207-210 shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars
($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Any person, firm or corporation who shall operate a cannery after
such license has been revoked, as provided in Section 209 shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than, fifty
dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first
offense and not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five
hundred dollars ($500) for each offense thereafter.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 207. 1912, sec. 177G. 1914, ch. 678.

211. The said State Board of Health of Maryland shall have the power
to adopt, from time to time, promulgate and publish by circular or other-
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