The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-01
CHAPTER 1867.
PASSED May 13, 1922

| AN ACT to protect the owners of bottles
and other vessels used in the sale Of
beverages, medicines, and other arti-
| ces.
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section 1. Any manufacturer or bother
| Of, or dealer in, soda or mineral waters,
beer, ale, porter. cider, wine, milk, or
other beverages, liquids, medicines, med
ical preparations, compounds, or mix
lures, who may use bottles, siphons. jugs,
barrels, kegs, casks, boxes, tins, or c her
vessels, upon which shall appear the
name, brand, mark, trademark or other
designation OF ownership, stamped, inn
pressed, engraved, etched, blown, or
otherwise affixed thereon, may file i'm the
Office OF the Secretary of State a descrip-
tion of the name, brand, mark, or other
designation Of ownership so used by him,
and cause the same to be published once
week for six successive weeks in some
newspaper published in the county in
this state wherein his said business is
principally located.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, other than the manufactured, bot
tier, or dealer whose name, brand, mark,
or other designation of ownership is
upon such bottle or other vessel desig-
mated in the foregoing section, and
which has been filed and published as
aforesaid, to buy, sell, or traffic in any
such bottle or other vessel, without the
written consent of said manufacturer,
bother, or dealer respectively, or without
such written consent to wilfully break,
destroy, or otherwise injure any such
bottle or other vessel, or without such
written consent to wilfully mar or erase,
cover up, conceal, or remove any such
name, brand, mark, or other designation
OF ownership so appearing upon such
bottle or other vessel, or without such
written consent and for the purpose of
trade or gain to fill any such bottle or
other vessel with any beverage, LIQUID,
medicine, compound, or substance what
soever.
any OF the provisions OF Section 2 Of this
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and be punished by imprison.
ment not exceeding three months, or by
fine OF one dollar for each and every
such bottle or other vessel hereinbefore
designated, by him so filed, used, sold,
bought, or trafiicked in, or so marred,
broken, destroyed, erased, removed, con,
cealed, or otherwise injured or defaced;
and the principal of any employe or
agent violating the provisions Of Section
2 OF this Act, while engaged in the busi-
ness OF his employer or principal, shall
be liable as aforeraid for any such viola.
tion.
Sec. 4. The using by any person, other
than the manufacturer, bother, or dealer
whose name, brand, mark, or other des-
ignation OF ownership appears upon such
bottle or other vessel hereinb before desig-
mated, and is filed and published "a afore-
said, OF any such bottle or other vessel
for the sale therein of any beverage,
liquid, or other substance without the
written consent OF such manufactures,
bother or dealer, or the buying, selling
or traffickinE in any such bottle or other
vessel without such written consent, or
the having by any junk dealer or dealer
in second hand articles possession OF any
such bottle or other vessel without such