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or by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by both fine and
imprisonment, 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 collected 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 business, and other than the possession of any such con-
tainer 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.

Section 334. It shall be the duty of those receiving any
such returnable containers in which milk or cream or any dairy
products comes into immediate contact, to thoroughly cleanse
the inside of such containers immediately 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 Act, to promptly surrender such containers upon de-
mand to the 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.

Section 335. If any such owner or dealer so registering
any returnable container or his or its officer, agent or employe,
or the assignee of any such, or his, or its officer, agent or em-
ploye, shall make an affidavit before any Justice of the Peace,
averring that he has reason to believe and does believe that
the provisions of Section 333 hereof have been violated, and
that evidence of such violation may be obtained by a search of
premises specified by him, the said Justice of the Peace shall
issue his search warrant to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, consta-
ble or other officer of the law to whom such warrant may be
properly directed, and thereby cause the premises so to be des-
ignated 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 333 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.