CHIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 122Y

An. Code, 1924, sec. 370. 1912, sec .334. 1904, sec. 309. 1888, sec. 204. 1822, ch. 491, sec. 4.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 334. 1929, ch. 327, sec. 370.

450. It shall be the duty of those receiving any such returnable con-
tainers in which milk or cream or any dairy products comes into imme-
diate contact, to thoroughly cleanse the inside of such containers immedi-
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. 371. 1912, sec. 335. 1904, sec. 310. 1888, sec. 205. 1882, ch. 491, sec. 5.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 335.

451. If any such owner or dealer so registering any returnable con-
tainer or his or its officer, agent or employe, or the assignee of any such,
or his, or its officer, agent or employe, shall make an affidavit before any
Justice of the Peace, averring that he has reason to believe and does be-
lieve that the provisions of Section 449 hereof have been violated, and that
evidence of such violation may be obtained by a search of premises speci-
fied by him, the said Justice of the Peace shall issue his search warrant
to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other officer of the law to whom
such warrant may be properly directed, and thereby cause the premises
so to be designated in the warrant to be searched; and if any one or more
of any such registered returnable containers, or any parts of the same, shall
be found in, upon or about the premises so designated, the officer executing
such search warrant shall thereupon report the same under his oath to the
said Justice of the Peace, who shall upon the said report, and upon charg-
ing a violation of such Section 449 issue his warrant for the arrest of such
person against whom such charge or charges shall be so made, and cause
him to be brought before him for trial.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 372. 1912, sec. 336. 1904, sec. 311. 1888, sec. 206. 1882, ch. 491, sec. 6.
1892, ch. 262. 1902, ch. 245. 1916, ch. 528, sec. 336.

452. The several Justices of the Peace in the respective counties of
this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Courts for
their respective counties; and the Justices of the Peace selected to sit at
the respective station houses in the City of Baltimore shall have concur-
rent jurisdiction with the Criminal Court of Baltimore in the case of
persons arrested for the violation of the provisions of Section 449 hereof,
and such respective Justices of the Peace shall proceed to hear and de-
termine such cases when the parties arrested upon charges of such viola-
tion are respectively brought before them, and to acquit such persons, or
to sentence such persons for the offense if convicted thereof, unless such
respective persons so charged, when so brought before any such Justice of
the Peace and before they are respectively tried, as aforesaid, shall pray
a jury trial. If any person charged with the commission of any one or
more of the several offenses mentioned in Section 449 hereof and brought
before any Justice of the Peace, shall pray a jury trial as aforesaid, it
shall be the duty of the said Justice of the Peace to commit such person for
trial, or to hold him in bail to appear before the Criminal Court of Balti-
more or the Circuit Court f or the county as the case may be; and to return
the commitment or the recognizance in such case immediately to the Clerk