282 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 163

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following twelve sections be added to Ar-
ticle 43, to follow section 177H as codified in Bagby's Code of
1911, and to be known as Sections 177 I, 177 J, 177K, 177L,
177M, 177N, 177 O, 177P, 177Q, 177R, 177S, 177T.

Cold Storage.

Section 177 I. For the purpose of this act, "cold storage"
shall mean the storage or keeping of articles of food at or below
a temperature above zero of 45 degrees Fahrenheit in a cold
storage warehouse; "cold storage warehouse" shall mean any
place artificially cooled to or below a temperature above zero
of 45 degrees Fahrenheit, in which articles of food are placed
and held for 30 days or more; "articles of food" 'shall mean
fresh, meat and fresh meat products and all fish, game, poultry,
eggs and butter.

Section 177 J. No person, firm or corporation shall main-
tain or operate a cold storage warehouse without a license so
to do issued by. the Secretary of the State Board of Health.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring such a license shall
make written application to the Secretary of the State Board
of Health for that purpose, stating the location of the ware-
house. The Secretary of the State Board of Health there-
upon shall cause an examination to be made of said ware-
house and, if it be found by it to be in a proper sanitary condi-
tion and otherwise properly equipped for its intended use. it
shall issue a license authorizing the applicant to operate the
same as a cold storage warehouse during one year. The license
shall be issued upon payment by the applicant of a license fee
of twenty-five dollars to the treasurer of the state.

Section 177K. In case any cold storage warehouse, or any
part thereof, shall at any time be deemed by the Secretary
of the State Board of Health to be in an unsanitary condi-
tion, or not properly equipped for its intended use, it shall
notify the licensee of such condition and upon the failure of
the licensee to put such cold storage warehouse in a sanitary
condition or to properly equip the same for its intended use,
within a time to be designated by the Secretary of the State
Board of Health, it shall revoke such license.

Section 177L. Every such licensee shall keep accurate rec-
ords of the articles of food received in and of the articles of
food withdrawn from his cold storage warehouse, and the Sec-
retary of the State Board of Health shall have free access