extend the period of storage beyond twelve months for a particular consignment of goods, if the goods in question are found, upon examination, to be in proper condition for further storage at the end of twelve months. The length of time for which 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 board, the kind and the amount of goods for which the storage period was extended, and the length of time for which the continuance was granted, shall be included in the annual report of the board. SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful to sell, or to offer or expose for sale articles of food which have been held in cold storage without notifying persons purchasing, or intending to purchase, the same that they have been so kept by the display of a sign marked, "Cold Storage Goods Sold Here," and it shall be unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food which have been held in cold storage. SECTION 7. It shall be unlawful to return to cold storage any article of food that has once been released from such storage for the purpose of placing it on the market for sale to consumers, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the transfer of goods from one coldstorage or refrigerating warehouse to another, provided that such transfer is not made for the purpose of evading any provision of this act. SECTION 8. Broken eggs packed in cans, if not intended for use as food, when deposited in cold storage shall be marked by the owners in accordance with forms prescribed by the state board of health, under the authority hereinafter conferred, in such a way as plainly to indicate the fact that they are not to be sold for food. SECTION 9. The state board of health may make rules and regulations to secure a proper enforcement of the provisions of this act, including rules and regulations with respect to the use of marks, tags or labels and the display of signs, and may fix penalties for the breach thereof. SECTION 10. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this act shall upon conviction be punished for the first offence by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and for the second offence by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or, if the offence is committed by a person acting either in his individual capacity or in behalf of a firm or corporation, by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 11. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 12. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and twelve. 66 COLD STORAGE EGGS. ACTS OF 1913, 538. Sale of Eggs taken from Cold Storage. SECTION 1. Whenever eggs that have been in cold storage are sold at retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words cold storage eggs or there shall be attached to such container a placard or sign having on it the said words. If eggs that have been in cold storage are sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale without a container, or placed upon a counter or elsewhere, a sign or placard, having the words "cold storage eggs" plainly and conspicuously marked upon it, shall be displayed in, upon or immediately above the said eggs; the intent of this act being that cold storage eggs sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale shall be designated in such a manner that the purchaser will know that they are cold storage eggs. The display of the words "cold storage eggs ", as required by this act, shall be done in such manner as is approved by the state board of health. SECTION 2. Violation of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offence. EGGS UNFIT FOR FOOD. ACTS OF 1913, 654. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, eggs that are unfit for food within the meaning of this act. SECTION 2. This act shall apply to eggs which, either before or after removal from the shell, are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, and to eggs in the fluid state, any part of which is wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, and to eggs, in the fluid state or otherwise, that are mixed with parts of eggs which are derived from eggs that are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed. This act shall also apply to frozen masses of broken eggs, if the mass contains eggs that are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, or that are mixed with parts of eggs that have been taken from eggs that were wholly or partly decayed or decomposed. SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to use eggs that are either wholly or partly decayed or decomposed in the preparation of food products. And it shall be unlawful to deliver, sell, purchase or accept wholly or partly decayed or decomposed eggs in or at any establishment where food products are prepared or manufactured. SECTION 4. Violation of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 5. The state board of health shall enforce the provisions of this act. SECTION 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the purchase, sale or possession for other than food purposes of rotten, decayed or partly decayed eggs which are unfit for food. PAINT, TURPENTINE AND LINSEED OIL. ACTS OF 1911, 218. State Board of Health to make Analyses of Paint, Turpentine and Linseed Oil in Certain Cases. SECTION 1. The state board of health shall make, free of charge, a chemical analysis of paint, turpentine or linseed oil, or any synthetic substitute for any of the said articles, or any preparation containing the same, when submitted to it by the chief of the district police; and the board shall furnish to the said chief a certificate of the analysis, which shall be prima facie evidence of the composition and quality of the material so analyzed. |