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ately upon emptying the contents; and it is further declared to be the duty
of every one receiving any registered returnable containers within the scope
of this sub-title, to promptly surrender such containers upon demand to the
owners or dealers from whom the same were received; and a violation of
any of the provisions hereof is declared to be a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine of one dollar.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 373. 1912, sec. 337. 1904, sec. 312. 1902, ch. 245, sec. 206A.
1916, ch. 528, sec. 337. 1929, ch. 327, sec. 373.

373. A returnable container as used in this sub-title is hereby defined
to be any device made of any material whatsoever, used for the purpose of
holding, containing or converting into a package, goods, wares or mer-
chandise, or packages thereof, either of necessity or for convenience of de-
livery or sale, and which container is, by its very nature, susceptible of
repeated use for such purpose, and the title to which container the vendor
does not intend to pass with the sale of the contents; or any bag, box, bas-
ket or any other device made of any material whatsoever, used for the pur-
pose of holding or containing any article, material or thing being sent,
conveyed or transported to any laundry, dry cleaning or dyeing establish-
ment to be washed, laundered, dry cleaned or dyed, or holding or contain-
ing any such article, material or thing being returned to the person, part-
nership or body corporate entitled to the return thereof, and which con-
tainer is by its very nature susceptible of or intended for repeated use for
such purposes, and the title to which the owner thereof does not intend to
pass by its use as aforesaid; and for the purpose of this sub-title the requir-
ing, taking or accepting of any deposit for any purpose upon any regis-
tered returnable container shall not be deemed to constitute a sale of such
container, whether optional, conditional or otherwise, in any proceeding
had under this sub-title.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 375. 1912, sec. 339. 1904, sec. 314. 1902, ch. 245, sec. 206C.
1906, ch. 47. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 339. 1929, oh. 327, sec. 375.

375. In any prosecution under any of the provisions of the preceding
sections, it shall not be necessary to set forth or describe the name, mark or
device affixed or attached to or impressed or imprinted upon any returnable
container, nor to set forth the particulars of the registration of same or of
the assignment or transfer of such registration, but it shall be sufficient to
describe the container, so as to permit of its identification averring that the
same is distinctly marked, and is registered according to law, giving the
name of the owner of such returnable container, or of the owner or dealer
using the same by virtue of such registration, or the name of the assignee
or transferee thereof as the case may be.

Minors—Care and Protection of.
378.

See art. 88A, sec. 5A.