WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 266

the same are of record], with the seal of [his office] THE SECRETARY OF STATE
attached, shall be evidence that the provisions of the preceding sections have been
complied with, and shall be prima facie evidence of title to the said clean or soiled articles
or prima facie evidence of title to or right to use, collect and deliver in the said returnable
containers.

474.

After THE SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDS a description of such returnable
[containers,] 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 or 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 nature different from that delivered therein; or to sell, buy, rent or
otherwise traffic in any clean, laundered, or soiled articles mentioned in this [chapter]
SUBTITLE 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 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
$50, and for the second offense and subsequent offenses, by imprisonment for not more
than one year, or by a fine of not more than $250 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]. 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 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.

475.

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 container or any
registered clean laundered or soiled articles, within the scope of this subtitle, to promptly
surrender such containers, or such articles, upon demand to the owners or 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.

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