EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1099

Section 332. The said several Clerks mentioned in the pre-
ceding section shall record in some book of record in their
respective custody, all such descriptions in the preceding sec-
tion 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 the said
descriptions and of the said advertisements and certificates of
the said publishers of the said newspaper, or of said assign-
ments 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 pre-
ceding sections have been complied with, and shall be prima
facie evidence of title to or right to deliver in the said return-
able container.

Section 333. After a description of such returnable con-
tainers shall have been registered, as in the aforegoing sec-
tion 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 con-
tents of a nature different from that delivered therein; or to
wilfully deface, erase, obliterate, cover up, or otherwise re-
move, 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 otherwise injure
any such returnable container; or to have on sale, offer for
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 premises, 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 unlaw-
ful acts are 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 of not
more than fifty dollars, and for the second offense and subse-
quent offenses, by imprisonment for not more than one year,