770                        LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 301

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 301.

AN ACT to add four new sections to Article 43 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1924 Edition), title
"Health, " sub-title "Food Products, " to follow immediately
after Section 206, to be known as Sections 206A, 206B, 206C
and 206D, to require canneries to be licensed and to provide
for the issuance and revocation of such licenses by the State
Board of Health.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That four new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
(1924 Edition), title "Health" sub-title "Food Products, " to
follow immediately after Section 206, and to be known as Sec-
tions 206A, 206B, 206C and 206D, and all to read as follows:

206A. The word '' cannery, '' as used in this Act, shall mean
any place or establishment where food products are cooked, pre-
served, processed or prepared and placed in cans or other con-
tainers and hermetically sealed for commercial purposes.

206B. No person, firm or corporation shall conduct or oper-
ate a cannery 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 un-
sanitary condition or if the water supply is known to be dan-
gerously 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 immediate surroundings, or stored or destroyed,
without constituting a nuisance or objectionable unsanitary con-
dition.