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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

bottles, jugs, kegs or other said vessels mentioned in said

section two hundred and one, or otherwise use the said

founts, bottles, jugs, kegs or other said vessels, except for

the consumption of said mineral water, beer, porter, or

other beverages placed therein by the owner, if the name or

names of the owner or owners thereof shall appear thereon

by being impressed, stamped, engraved, cut, stencilled or in

any other manner affixed or placed thereon, and if the

owner or owners thereof shall have complied with and done

the acts mentioned in section two hundred and one of this

.

article, unless the same shall have been purchased from the

owner or owners thereof, and not from any person claiming

to be an agent or employee of the owner ; and it shall be

unlawful for any person wilfully to mar, erase or destroy

the name or names, mark or marks on, or wilfully to break,

destroy or otherwise injure any of the articles mentioned in

this section ; and any person or persons who shall do any of

the acts forbidden by this section shall be deemed guilty of

a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined,

for each of said offences relating to said founts, the sum of

forty dollars ($40) for each separate fount with regard to

which the offeuce shall have been committed ; for each and

every bottle or box, with respect to which the offence shall

have been committed, the sum of fifty cents ; and for each

and every jug, keg, or other vessel or bottled beer crate,

with respect to which the offence shall have been committed,

the sum of three dollars.

204. If any person shall be found to be in possession of any

one or more of the several articles mentioned in section two

Evidence

hundred and one of this article, and the person or persons

of guilt

or body corporate, the name or names of whom have been

placed thereon by any of the methods mentioned in said sec-

tion, have complied with its provisions, and the person so

found to be in possession thereof shall be cliarged with any

of the offences mentioned in the preceding section, then such

possession shall be prima facie evidence that he has been

guilty of said offence.

205. If the owners of any such fount, bottle, jug, keg or

other vessel, bottled beer crate, or box, mentioned in section

two hundred and one of this article, who has or have com-

plied with, the provisions of said section, or his, her, its, or

their officer, agent or employee shall make an affidavit

before any justice of the peace, and sign the same, asserting

that he, she or they has or have reason to believe and does

or do believe that any person or persons or body corporate

is or are making use of any one or more such fouut, bottle,

keg, jug, vessel, bottled beer crate, or box belonging to said