The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-12
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

1
! ships, or bodies corporate engage IN
manufacturing, bottling, selling or
| dealing in mineral, soda or aerated wa
| ters, wines, beer, lager beer, weiss beer,
white beer or other beverages or milk,
| cream or their by-products including
| ice-cream in kegs, boxes trays car
| riers crates founts, bottles syphons,
| jugs. tins, barrels, casks or any other
vessels. with his. her, its or their
| name or names or other marks or de-
vices printed, branded, stamped, stem
cilled, engraved, etched, blown, I'M
| pressed or otherwise produced upon
| crates. founts. bottles, syphons, jugs,
| tins. barrels, casks or any other yes
| sell may file with the Clerk OF the
| Circuit Court of the County in which
or place of business Cor in the case
| of a foreign corporation, its prlncl-
| pal office or place of business or
agency is located. or with the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore
! City, should such principal office or
place of business Cor agency as the
| case may be- be located in the City
of Baltimore, a description OF the name
or names, marks or devices so used by
him, her, its or them respectively, and
cause such description to be printed
twice a week, for two successive
weeks, in some daily newspaper pub
lished in Baltimore City, If the said
principal office or place of business
Cor agency as the case may be) is To-
Gated in said City or if the said prln-
cipal office or place of business Tor
agency as the case may be- is located
in any of the counties of this state
then in some newspaper published IN
said County once week Tor two sue
cessive weeks. The description of the
name or names, marks or devices, be-
fore being filed as aforesaid, shall be
signed by the person or persons FL
nrship, by one or more of the part
ners, or in case of a corporation, by
one of it's officers or one of it's mana
gers, and shall be acknowledged by
the person or persons signing the same
as the act of said person or persons,
or if said person or persons sign the
same for a partnership or corporation,
as the act of said partnership or cor
poration before any person or othcer
competent to take acknowledgment of
deeds. The publication hereby requir-
ed need only be a brief description,
sufficient for the identification of such
name, names, marks or devices. and
need not contain a certified copy of
the acknowledgment The provisions
of Sections 306 to 314 shall apply to
all bottles, kegs. boxes trays, car
riers, crates, founts, syphons, jugs,
tins, barrels casks or any other YES
sells upon which said name or names,
marks or devices, shall appear as
aforesaid. whether or not any of the
same shall be in existence at the time
of said filing and publications.
30S. After any person, persons. part
nership or body corporate shall have
filed and published his, her, its or
their description of such name or
names, marks or devices in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 900 to
314, it is hereby declared to be unlaw-
full for any or all other persons. part
nerships and bodies corporate to fill
in any way any kegs, boxes, trays,
carriers, crates, founts. bottles, sy
phons, jugs, tins, barrels, casks or
any other vessels upon which such
name or names or other marks or de-
vices shall be printed, branded, stamp
ed, stenciled, engraved, etched, blown,
impressed, or otherwise produced with
mineral, soda or earated waters, wine,
beer, porter, ale, cider, ginger ale,
small beer, lager beer. weiss beer or
or their by-products, including ice
cream or to deface. Grace, obliterate,
cover up or otherwise remove or can
eel any such name or names or other
marks or devices thereon, or to have
on sale. offer for sale, buy, sell.
take, give, receive, handle in the
course of business, hire, rent lend,
transport rn carry in wagons oS;s,os carts.
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
traffic in the same or any thereof or
any parts or pieces of the same or
any thereof, without the written con-
sent of the person. persons, partner
or names or 0r1fer 1115rizs. devices
shall be or shall have been in or unon
said kegs. boxes, trays. carries, crates
founts, bottles, syphons jugs, tins, bar
rels. casks or any other vessels. or to
wilfully break. destroy or otherwise in
jure any of the articles mentioned in
this section. And any person. persons,
partnerships or body corporate. who
shall do any of the Acts declared to
be unlawful by this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and
upon conviction thereof shall be
punished, for the first offence, by i'm
prisonment of not less than ten dtys
or more than one year, or by a fine
of fifty dollars for each of such founts.
three dollars for each of such kegs.
casks or barrels, and one dollar for
each of said boxes. trays carriers.
crates bottles. syphons. jugs. tins or
any other vessels so unlawfully used,
filled, kept on sale, offered for sale.
sold. bought, given. taken, received,
handled in the course of business.
hired, rented. lent, transported. car
ried in wagons, carts, push-carts, or
vehicles of any kind, or taken or COL
lected from ash or garbage receptac-
les or from public or private dumps.
cellars. yards. lots or premises. or kept
in stock. or otherwise stored, or other
wise disposed of. dealt in or trafficked
in. and for the second offense and sub
sequent 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 dollars nor more than
five dollars for each of said kegs, casks,
barrels, boxes, trays, carriers. crates.
bottles, symptoms. jugs tins or any other
vessel so unlawfully used and filled. kept
on sale, offered for SALE bought, given.
taken, received, handled in the course
of business hired. rented, lent, trans
ported carried in wagons, carts, push
carts. or vehicles of any kind. or taken
or collected from ash or garbage re-
ceptacles or from public or private
dumps. cellars, yards, lots or premises
or kept in stock 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 Sections 906 to 314 one-half
thereof shall go to the State and one
half to the informer to be collected as
other fines are collected.
3l4. The provisions of Sections 3O6
to 314. shall not apply to any person
who has taken. given received, or is
using such kegs. boxes, trays. carriers.
crates, founts, bottles, syphons, jugs,
tins barrels. casks or any other YES
sells for the consumption of the min
eral. soda aerated waters, wine,
beer. porter. ale cider, ginger ale.
small peer, lager peer. weiss peer or
other beverages, or milk, cream or
their products including ice cream.
placed therein by the owners. or who
after consumption of said contents is
in possession of the same while await
ing the return to the owners; nor shall
the provisions of Sections 306 to 314
apply to any garbage man collecting
the same in the regular course of his
business, so far as such provisions relate
to having such kegs boxes. trays. car
riers. crates. founts. syphons. jugs,
tins. barrels, casks any other YES
sells in his possession; provided it
shall be unlawful for any person or
corporation to adopt and register I'M
der the provision of this Act. de-
scription mark or device that has been