The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-05-31
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.

to take or collect from ash or garbage
receptacles, or from public or private
dumps, cellars, yards, lots or premises,
or to keep IN stock or otherwise store
or otherwise dispose OF or deal or traf.
fic in the same or any thereof, or any
parts or pieces of the same or any
thereof, without the written consent of
the person, persons, partnerships or
body corporate whose name or names
or other marks or devices shall be or
snail have been in or upon said kegs,
boxes, trays, carriers, crates, founts,
bottles, syphons, jugs, tins, barrels,
CASKS or any other vessels or to will
fully break, destroy or otherwise injure
any of the articles mentioned in this
Section. And any person, persons,
partnership or body corporate who
shall do any OF the acts declared to be
unlawful by this Section shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished,
for the first Offense by Imprisonment
OF not less than ten days or more than
one year, or by fine of fifty dollars
for each Of such founts, three dollars
for each of such kegs, casks or bar
rels, and one dollar for each of sa 1.
boxes, trays, carriers, crates, bottles,
syphons, jugs, tins OF any other YES
sells so unlawfully used, filled. kept on
sale, offered for sale, sold, bought. Civ
en-, taken, received, handled in the
course of business, hired, rented, lent,
transported, carried in wagons, carts,
push carts or vehicles Of any kind, or
taken or collected from ash or gaIa
l.a ali or
private dumps, cellars, yards, lots or
premises, or kept in stock, or other
wise stored, or otherwise disposed Of,
dealt in or trafficked in, and for the
second offense and subsequent offenses
by Imprisonment for not less than
twenty days nor more than one year,
or by a fine of fifty dollars for each of
such founts, and not less than two dol
lars nor more than five dollars for
each of said kegs, casks, barrels, boxes,
trays, carriers, crates, bottles, syphons,
Jugs, tins or any other vessels SO I'M
lawfully used and filled, kept on sale,
offered for sale, sold, bought, given,
taken, received, handled in the course
of business, hired, rented, lent, trans
ported, carried in any wagons, carts,
push carts or vehicles of any kind, or
receptacles or from public or private
dumps, cellars, yards, lots or prem
ises, or kept in stock or otherwise
stored, or otherwise disposed Of, dealt
in or trafficked in or by both such fine
and Imprisonment, in the discretion Of
the Court or justice of the peace before
whom such offense is tried In the
event Of a fine or fines being imposed
by any Court or justice OF the peace
for any offenses under this Act, one
half thereof shall go to the State and
one-half to the informer, to be collect
ed as other fines are collected.
204-If any person shall be found to
be In possession Of any one or more
Of the kegs, boxes, trays, carriers,
crates, founts, bottles, syphons, jugs,
tins, barrels, casks or any other vessels
mentioned in Section 201 Of this Act,
or any part or parts thereof, and the
person or persons, partnership or body
corporate, the name or names, marks
or devices of whom have been
placed thereon by any of the
methods mentioned in said Section,
have complied with the pro-
visions of this Act, and the person SO
found to be in possession thereof shall
be charged with any of the offenses
mentioned in section 203 Of this Act,
then such possession shall be prima
facie evidence that such person has
been guilty of such offenses so charged.
205-If the owner or owners Of any
such key, box, tray, carrier, crate, fount,
bottle, syphon, jug, tin, barrel, cask
or any other vessel mentioned in Sec
ton POI of this Act, who has or have
complied with the provisions Of said
Section, or his, her, it's or their officer,
agent or employee shall make an affi-
davit before any justice Of the peace,
asserting that he, she, it or they has
or have reason to believe and does or
do believe, that any person or persons
or body corporate is or are in actual
or constructive possession of, or is or
are making use of any one or more
of any such articles aforementioned
or any parts thereof, in any way de-
clared to be unlawful by Section 203
Of this Act, the said justice Of the
peace may issue his search warrant to
any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable
or any other officer Of the law, to
whom such warrant may be properly
directed, and cause the premises des-
ignated in the warrant to be searched,
as In other cases in which search war
rants are issued in accordance with
the law; and II any one or more OF
any of such articles above mentioned or
any parts of the same shall be found
in, upon or about the premises so des-
ignated, the officer executing such
search warrant shall thereupon report
the same, under his oath. to the said
justice of the peace, who shall there
upCn, upon said report, and upon the
oath of any person or persons charging
any violation of Section 203 Of this
Article, issue his warrant for the ar
rest of the said person or persons
against whom such charge or charges
shall be made, and cause him or them
together with such articles) to be
brought before him for trial
206-The several justices of the
peace in the respective counties of this
State shall have concurrent jurisdic
ton with the Circuit Courts Of their re
spective counties, and the justices OF
the peace selected to sit at the respec
tive station houses in the city of Bal
timore shall have concurrent jurisdic
ton with the Criminal Court Of Balti
more City in the case Of persons ar
rested for the violation Of the provi
sions of Section 203 Of this Article
and such reSnective iusticeS shall pro