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relating to the cold storage and regulations thereunder which are of 

 interest in this connection. Certain portions of the act and regu- 

 lations are as follows: 



THE COLD-STORAGE ACT. 



An act to encourage the establishment of cold-storage warehouses for the preservation of perish- 

 able food products. 



His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Com- 

 mons of Canada, enacts as follows: 



1. This act may be cited as the Cold Storage Act. 



2. The Governor in Council may enter into contracts with any person for the con- 

 struction, equipment, and maintenance in good and efficient working order of public 

 cold-storage warehouses equipped with mechanical refrigeration, in Canada, and 

 suitable for the preservation of all food products. 



3. The location, plans, and specifications of every such warehouse, its equipment, 

 and the amount to be expended thereon shall be subject to the approval of the Gov- 

 ernor in Council. 



4. The Governor in Council may, out of any moneys appropriated by Parliament 

 for the purpose, grant toward the construction and equipment of any such warehouse 

 a subsidy not exceeding in the whole 30 per cent of the amount expended or approved 

 of in such construction and equipment, and payable in installments as follows: Upon 

 the warehouse being completed and cold storage at suitable temperatures being pro- 

 vided therein, all to the satisfaction of the Minister of Agriculture, a sum not exceeding 

 15 per cent of the amount so expended ; and at the end of the first year thereafter 7 

 per cent of the said amount; at the end of the second year thereafter, 4 per cent of 

 the said amount, and at the end of each of the two next succeeding years, 2 per cent 

 of the said amount: Provided, The warehouse is maintained and operated to the satis- 

 faction of the Minister of Agriculture. 



5. The Minister of Agriculture may refuse to pay any part of the said subsidy if, in 

 his opinion, the operation of the warehouse has not been of such a character as to pro- 

 vide for the proper preservation of such products as may be stored therein. 



6. The Minister of Agriculture may order, and cause to be maintained, an inspection 

 and supervision of the sanitary conditions, maintenance, and operation of such ware- 

 houses, and may regulate and control the temperatures to be maintained therein in 

 accordance with the regulations to be made as hereinafter provided. 



7. The rates and tolls to be charged for storage in such warehouses shall be subject 

 to the approval of the Governor in Council. 



8. For the effective carrying out of the provisions of this Act the Minister of Agri- 

 culture may appoint inspectors, who shall have access to all parts of such warehouses 

 at all times. 



9. The Governor in Council may make such regulations as he considers necessary 

 in order to secure the efficient enforcement and operation of this Act; and he may by 

 such regulations impose penalties not exceeding fifty dollars on any person offending 

 against them ; and the regulations so made shall be in force from the date of their pub- 

 lication in the Canada Gazette, or from such other date as is specified in the proclama- 

 tion in that behalf. 



Among the regulations for the enforcement and operation of this 

 act are the following: 



2. No applications shall be considered for any cold-storage warehouses except those 

 equipped with mechanical refrigeration, nor for any place where any such cold storage 

 already exists or where the proposed cold storage would compete directly with other 

 establishments of the same class. * * * 



