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the General Assembly shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved March 20th, 1922.

CHAPTER 120.

AN ACT adding several new sections to Article 43, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Health", sub-title
"Adulteration of Food and Drink", to be known as section
150A, 150B, 150C, 150D, 150E, 150F, 150G, 150H, 150I,
150J, 150K, 150L, 150M, and fixing certain regulations
and license and inspection fees for the sanitary manufac-
ture and sale of non-alcoholic beverages and prescribing
penalties for the violation of the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That certain new sections be added to the Annotated
Code of Maryland, Article 43, title "Health, " sub-title "Adul-
teration of Food and Drink, " to come just before section 151
of said Article and to read as follows:

SEC. 150A. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That no person, firm or corporation shall manufacture
for sale in bottles or jugs any soft drink or other non-alco-
holic beverage (except apple cider) within this State without
having first applied for and having received a license from
the State Board of Health. Said application shall contain the
name of the applicant, his address, and the location of his
manufacturing plant or plants, the name of the beverage or
beverages manufactured and such other pertinent information
as shall be prescribed by the State Board of Health in pursu-
ance of the provisions of this Act. The application shall be
accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) upon re-
ceipt of which application and fee, the State Board of Health
shall issue to said applicant a license for the manufacture of
the beverages mentioned in this section. Said license shall ex-
tend for one year from the date of its issue, unless sooner re-
voked, as herein provided, and shall be renewed annually
thereafter. A license may be denied at the time of application
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. No soft drink or other non-alcoholic
beverage (except apple cider) not manufactured in this State