966                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                           CH. 533

355B.

No person except the owner thereof or person authorized in writ-
ing by the owner shall fill or refill with liquefied petroleum gas, or
any other gas or compound, a liquefied petroleum gas container; or
buy, sell, offer for sale, give, take, loan, deliver or permit to be
delivered, or otherwise use, dispose of, or traffic in a liquefied petro-
leum gas container or containers if the container bears upon the
surface thereof in plainly legible characters the name, initials, mark
or other device of the owner; nor shall any person other than the
owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container or a person authorized
in writing by the owner deface, erase, obliterate, cover up, or other-
wise remove or conceal any name, mark, initial or device thereon.

355C.

The use of a liquefied petroleum gas container or containers by
any person other than the person whose name, mark, initial or device
is on the liquefied petroleum gas container or containers, without
written consent, or purchase of the marked and distinguished lique-
fied petroleum gas container for the sale of liquefied petroleum gas
or filling or refilling with liquefied petroleum gas, or possession of
the liquefied petroleum gas containers by any person other than the
person having his name, mark, initial or other device thereon, with-
out the written consent of such owner, is presumptive evidence of
the unlawful use, filling or refilling, or trafficking in of such liquefied
petroleum gas containers.

355D.

If any person or the president, secretary, treasurer, or other
officer of any corporation mentioned in Section 355A of this sub-
title, or his duly authorized agent who has personal knowledge of
the facts, makes oath in writing before any justice of the peace or
police judge, or other magistrate, that the party making such affi-
davit believes that any of his liquefied petroleum gas containers
marked with the name, initials, mark or other device of owner, are
in the possession of or being used by or being filled or refilled by any
person whose name, initials, mark or other device does not appear
on the containers, and who is in the possession of filling or refilling,
or using any such containers without the written consent of the
owner of the name, initials or trade mark, the magistrate, when
satisfied that there is reasonable cause, may issue a search war-
rant and cause the premises PERSON designated to be searched
BROUGHT INTO COURT for the purpose of discovering and
obtaining the container, and may also cause to be brought before
him the person in whose possession the containers are found, and

shall inquire into the circumstances of the possession; and if the
magistrate finds that the person has been guilty of a violation of
Section 355B of this subtitle, he must MAY impose the punishment
herein prescribed, and he shall also award the possession of property
taken upon ACQUIRED BY such search warrant to the owner
thereof.

355E.

Any person who fails to comply with any of the foregoing provi-
sions of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall MAY be punished by imprisonment for not more than
90 days or by a fine not exceeding $300.00, or by both such fine and
imprisonment for each separate offense.