Ch. 747                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

After a description of such returnable containers, or such
clean articles, shall have been registered, as in § 473 of this
article provided, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any or
all other persons, partnerships of bodies corporate to use or
fill any such registered returnable containers (whether actually
in existence at the time of such registration or not) with any
contents of a mature different from that delivered therein; or to
sell, buy, rent or otherwise traffic in any clean, laundered or
soiled articles mentioned in this chapter so marked or designated
as provided herein; or to wilfully deface, erase, obliterate,
cover up, or otherwise remove, 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 such clean
articles; 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,
or in such clean laundered or soiled articles, without an
assignment from or the written consent of the one causing the
same to be registered; and all such unlawful acts, INCLUDING ACTS
INVOLVING CONTAINERS FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE A VALUE IN THE
AGGREGATE OF $300 OR LESS, 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] $50 dollars, and for the second
offense and subsequent offenses, by imprisonment for not more
than one year, or by a fine of not more than [fifty] $250. dollars
or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court
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. ALL UNLAWFUL ACTS UNDER THIS SECTION
INVOLVING CONTAINERS FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE A VALUE IN THE
AGGREGATE OF MORE THAN $300 ARE DECLARED TO BE FELONIES, AND ON
CONVICTION THE OFFENDER SHALL BE PUNISHED BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT
MORE THAN 15 YEARS, OR BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000, OR
BOTH, WITH THE 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 such clean laundered or soiled articles or of any
registered returnable container OTHER THAN A CONTAINER FOR BAKERY
PRODUCTS, 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 container by the one
who received the same with its contents, or possession of any
registered clean laundered or soiled articles, shall be prima
facie evidence that such person is guilty of the offenses so
charged. IN ANY PROSECUTION UNDER THIS SECTION, THE POSSESSION
OF CONTAINERS FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS BY A PERSON ACCUSED OF ACTS
INVOLVING CONTAINERS FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS, OTHER THAN BY A PERSON

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