284 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 163

this act goes into effect shall, before being removed therefrom,
be plainly marked, stamped or tagged with the date when this
act goes into effect and the date of removal therefrom.

Section 177P. No person, firm or corporation shall here-
after keep or permit to remain in any cold storage warehouse
any article of food which has been held in cold storage either
within or without the state, for a longer aggregate period than
12 months, except with the consent of the Secretary of the
State Board of Health as hereinafter provided. The Secre-
tary of the State Board of Health shall, upon application dur-
ing the twelfth month, extend the period of storage beyond
12 months for any particular article of food, provided the same
is found upon examination to be in proper condition for fur-
ther cold storage. The length of time for which such further
storage is allowed shall be specified in the order granting the.
permission. A report on each case in which such extension of
storage may be permitted, including information relating to the
reason for the action of the Secretary of the State Board of
Health, the kinds and amounts of the articles of food for which
the storage period was extended, and the length of time for
which this continuance was granted, shall be filed, open to pub-
lic inspection, in the office of the Secretary of the State Board of
Health, and shall be included in its annual report.. Such ex-
tension shall be not more than 60 days; a second extension of
not more than 60 days may be granted upon a re-examination,
but the entire extended period shall be not more than 120 days
in all.

Section 177Q. It shall be unlawful to sell, or to offer for
sale, any article of food which has been held for a period of
30 days or over in cold storage either within or without the
state, without notifying persons purchasing, or intending to
purchase, the same, that it has been so held by the display
of a placard plainly and conspicuously marked "Cold Storage
Goods, " on the bulk mass or articles of food; and it shall be
unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh any article of food
which has been held in cold storage for a period of 30 days or
over.

Section 177R. It shall be unlawful to return to any cold
storage warehouse any article of food which has been once re-
leased from storage for the purpose of placing it on the market
for sale. It shall be unlawful to transfer any article of food
from one cold storage warehouse to another if such transfer
is made for the purpose of avoiding any provision of this act,