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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 491.

AN ACT to protect the property of manufacturers,

bottlers and dealers in mineral waters, porter and

other beverages, from the loss of their founts,

kegs, bottles and boxes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That all persons, partnerships,

corporate bodies, manufacturers and bottlers, and

dealers in mineral waters, porter or any other bev-

erages whatsoever, who may use kegs, boxes, founts,

bottles, jugs or any other vessel upon which shall

appear the name or names of the person or persons,

partnerships or corporate bodies, marks of owner-

Furnish de-

ship stamped, engraved, cut or in manner affixed

scription.

thereon, may tile with the clerk of the Superior

Court of Baltimore city, should the business of any

such person or persons, partnership or corporation be

conducted within the limits of said city, or it in any

one of the counties of the State then before the

clerk of the Circuit Court therefor, a description of

such boxes or bottles, founts, jugs or any other ves-

sel, and of the name or names and the users and

owners of the same; and there shall be published

Publish notice

by the owners, if doing business in the city of Bal-

timore, a notice twice a week for two successive

weeks in some daily newspaper, or if in the coun-

ties a notice in some paper published in said county

once a week for two successive weeks.

SEC. 2. And de it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore

city and the clerks of the Circuit Courts for the

various counties of the State to keep a separate

Keep separate

book of record, in which shall be entered all such

boon of record

names, marks or designations as are particularly

named and referred to in the preceding section, as

well as a copy of the newspaper advertisement cer-

tified to by the publishers of the newspaper or

papers in which said advertisement may have ap-

peared; and the clerks shall charge and be paid the

Fees of clerks.

usual fees of recording, to be accounted for by them

as in the case of other record fees; and a certified

copy of the name or names of the person or persons,

partnership or corporate bodies, marks of owner-