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and when so made and recorded such transfer or assignment shall secure
to the assignee or transferee all the benefits of this sub-title.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 368. 1912, sec. 332. 1904, sec. 307. 1888, sec. 202. 1882, ch. 491, sec. 2.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 332. 1929, ch. 327, sec. 368.

448. The said several Clerks mentioned in Section 446 shall record in
some book of record in their respective custody, all such descriptions in the
preceding section authorized to be filed with them, together with the certifi-
cates of the publishers of said newspapers in which the same have been
published; and also all assignments and transfers thereof as hereinbefore
provided; and said respective Clerks shall furnish copies of such records
duly certified by them in the usual manner to all persons who may apply
therefor, and shall receive for such recording and such copies the fees paid
with respect to bills of sale; and a certified copy of said descriptions and
of the said advertisements and certificates of the said publishers of the said
newspaper, or of said assignments or transfers when certified to under the
hand of the clerk with whom the same are of record, with the seal of his
office attached, shall be evidence that the provisions of the preceding sec-
tions have been complied with, and shall be prima facie evidence of title to
or right to use, collect and deliver in the said returnable containers.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 369. 1912, sec. 333. 1904, sec. 308. 1888, sec. 203. 1892, ch. 491, sec. 3.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1906, ch. 47. 1916, ch. 528, sec, 333.

449. After a description of such returnable containers shall have been
registered, as in the aforegoing section provided, it is hereby declared to
be unlawful for any or all other persons, partnerships or bodies corporate
to use or fill any such registered returnable container (whether actually
in existence at the time of such registration or not) with any contents of
a nature different from that delivered therein.; or to wilfully deface,
erase, obliterate, coyer ;up, or otherwise remove,. conceal or destroy any

such name, mark or device of identification affixed, attached, impressed

or imprinted thereto or, thereon; or to wilfully break, destroy or other-
wise injure any such returnable container; or to have on sale, offer f or
sale, buy, sell, use, take, give, receive, handle in the course of business,
hire, rent, lend, transport, convey in any vehicle of any kind or character,
collect from ash or garbage receptacles, public or private dumps or prem-
ises, or to otherwise keep in stock or store, or to otherwise dispose of, deal
in, or traffic in any of.: the said returnable containers, or parts or pieces
of the same, without an assignment from or the written consent >of .the
one causing the. same to >be registered; and all such unlawful acts a,re
declared to be misdemeanors, and upon conviction thereof the offender
for the first offense shall be punished by an imprisonment of not more
than one year, or by a fine or not more than fifty dollars, and for the second
offense and subsequent offenses, by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by both fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the Court or Justice of the Peace before
whom such offender is tried; the said fines and all costs incurred to be col-
lected in the same manner as other fines and costs are collected. In any
prosecution under this section the possession by the one so accused of any
registered returnable container or of any part or parts thereof other than
by a garbage man collecting the same in the regular course of his busi-
ness, and other than the possession of any such container by the one ,who
received the same with its contents shall be prima facie evidence that such
person is guilty of the offenses so charged.