Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Defer ACTION ON
: CORPORATION LAW
Commission on Uniform Legis-
Iation Postpones Final Ap-
provaI One Year.
TO CONSIDER LIABILITY
OF EMPLOYER TOMORROW
Former President Taft to Deliver an
Address to Delegates at Morn
ing Session.

ing Session.
Finding it impossible to complete the
proposed model law for business cor
porations, upon which they have been
laboring for three days, the confer
ence of commissioners on uniform
state laws. in annual convention at
the New Willard Hotel. last night de-
cided to postpone final action on the
measure until next year.
The conference will reassemble Mon
day morning. with the expectation of
taking up the proposed model law on
compensation for industrial accidents.
which has been prepared by it's spe-
cial committee.
Before this is taken up. however, the
commissioners will hear address
by former President William II. Taft,
now president of the American Bar
Association.
Will Have Complete Draft.
Three days Were spent by the com
missioners in considering the proposed
model law for business corporations,
and at next years convention it is ex-
pected that the committee having it
that it can be approved and recon-
mended to the legislatures of all the
states. The proposed model law fo'
compensation on industrial accidents,
also known as the employers liability
act, it is expected, will be put in such
shape at the present convention that
1t can be recommended to all state
legisla lures for adoption.
Those who are interested in the high
cost of living and the popular idea
that such increased costs are often af-
fected by cold storage. will be inter
ested in a bill which has been prepared
of which Walter c. Clephane of the
District of Columbia bar is a member.
The bill, which is called the second
tentative draft of an act to make uni
form the regulation of cold storage of
certain articles of food will be dis
cussed and probably acted upon at
the present convention.
Principal Provision.
The principal provision of the pro-
posed act, which is presented by the
committee without a report and with
out comment. and which the commits
sioners hope to approve and recon-
mend to the legislatures for adoption
by all the states as a model, is that
no food shall be kept in cold storage
for more than twelve months without
special permission. which shall be
granted only after inspection to verify
the fact that the food is in condition to
be kept longer.
The language of the proposed law as
to THIS and several other important re-
quirementS is as follows:
mo person, firm or corporation shall
place. receive or keep in any cold stor-
age warehouse in this. state articles of
food unless the same shall be plainly
marked, stamped or tagged either upon
the container in which they are packed,
nf
the date when placed therein; and no
person, firm or corporation shall remove.
or allow to be removed, such article of
food from any cold storage warehouse I'M
less the same shall be plainly marked,
stamped or tagged. either the con-
tainer in which it is inclosed or upon
the article of food itself. with the date
of such removal, and such marks,
stamps and tags shall be priIna facie
evidence of such receipt and removal
and of the dates thereof. All articles OF
food in any cold storage warehouse at
the time 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 there
from.
Power Vested in Food Commissioner.
No person. firm or corporation shall
hereafter keen 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 twelve months. except with the
consent of the state food commissioner
as hereinafter provided. The state
food commissioner shall. upon applica-
ton during the twelfth month, extend
the period of storage bevone twelve
months for anv particular article. of
food. provided the same is found upon
tYxny, t.f
for further cold storage. The length
of time for which such further stora ge
is allowed shall be specified in the or
der granting the permission. A report
on each case in which such extension of
storage NAV he permitted, ine1uding
information relating to the reason for
the action of the state food COMMITS
sioner. the kinds and amounts of the
period was extended and the length of
time for which this continuance was
granted. shall be filed open to public
insoection. in the Office of the state
food commissioner, ard shall be in
cluded in f1ir annual report. Such ex-
tension shall be not more than sixty
DAYS: a second extension of not more
than sixtv DAYS NAV he granted upon n
re-exa nina ton. but the entire extended
period shall be not more than 100 days
In all
Must Notify Purchaser.
TT shall be unlawful to sell or offer
for sale any article of food which has
been held In cold storage either within
or without the state for a period of
thirty days or over. without notifying
persons purchasing, intending to pur-
chase. the same. that it has been so held,
by the display of a placard plainly and
conspicuously marked, Cold Storage