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than eighteen months nor more than ten years: provided, however, that
the provisions of this Section shall not apply to marriages between white
persons and members of the Malay race, or between negroes and members
of the Malay race, or between persons of negro descent, to the third
generation, inclusive, and members of the Malay race, existing prior to
June 1, 1935.¹

Mineral Waters, Porter and Other Beverages.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 366. 1912, sec. 331. 1904, sec. 306. 1888, sec. 201. 1892, ch. 491, sec. 1.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1906, ch. 47. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 331.

446. Any and all persons, partnerships or bodies corporate owning
returnable containers, or dealing in any commodities handled or deliv-
ered in returnable containers, which said containers bear securely affixed
or attached thereto, or impressed or imprinted thereon, in any manner
whatsoever, a name, mark or device whereby such container can be read-
ily identified, may register the same, and thereby procure all of the bene-
fits of such registration, guaranteed under the provision of this sub-title,
as to all like containers similarly marked, whether such containers were
actually in existence or not at the time of such registration. Any such
owner or dealer desiring to register such returnable container shall cause
to be prepared a clear statement of the character of such container, with
a comprehensive description of such distinguishing name, mark or de-
vice, so affixed, attached, impressed or imprinted thereto or thereon, the
same to be subscribed and acknowledged by the said owner or dealer, or
by an officer thereof, should such owner or dealer be a body corporate; such
subscription and acknowledgment to be made before any officer qualified
to take acknowledgments to deeds in the State of Maryland. After such
description shall have been so made, subscribed and acknowledged, it shall
be published in two successive issues not in the same week, in some news-
paper published in the county where the principal office, place of business
or agency of the said owner or dealer is located; or, if the same be located
in the City of Baltimore, then by causing such description to be printed
twice a week for two successive weeks in some daily paper published
therein. Thereupon, the said description, together with the certificate of
publication, certified to by the owner or manager of the newspaper in
which the same shall have been published, shall be recorded in the Clerk's
office of the Circuit Court of the County in which the principal office,
place of business or agency of the said owner or dealer is located, or with
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, should such principal
office, place of business or agency be located in the said City.²

An. Code, 1924, sec. 367. 1912, sec. 331A. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 331A.

447. After such container shall have been so registered as hereinbefore
provided, the said owner or dealer may assign and transfer the said regis-
tration, provided a copy of said assignment or transfer shall be recorded
at the place of original recordation, and if that be not the place at which
the principal office, place of business or agency of such assignee or trans-
feree is located, then such assignment or transfer shall also be registered
in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for original registration,

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 60, acts of 1935, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of
such inconsistency.

² Sec. 2 of act of 1916, ch. 528, contains a "saving clause" and repeals acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with said act.