Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
4S61: 4o6s, sg6s. 40s6 AND n 1877 o. F,
AMENDED BY NO. 121 OF THE
ACTS OF 1908 RELATING TO
REMARKS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 4o63 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section of No.
I2I of the acts of 1908 (Sec. s8a2 of the
General Laws, as proposed) is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1861. (Sec. s822 G. L.) A per-
son, partnership, corporation, association
or union of working men, or an asso-
citation or corporation of such persons,
partnerships, corporations or associations
or unions of workingmen, organized for
the protection of the members thereof,
may adopt as and for a trademark or
trade name any particular name, term,
design, device, label, stamp or form of
advertisement not previously owned or
adopted by another, to designate or dis
tinguish goods, wares or merchandise by
him or them or the members thereof
manufactured or prepared, or on which
the labor of persons belonging to such
association or union of working men has
been put, or which are manufactured or
prepared by the members of such pro-
tective association or corporation, and
may file the same for record in the Office
Of the secretary of state by leaving two
copies, countcrparts or facsimiles there
OF with said secretary, and shall also
file Herewith an accurate description of
such name, term, design, device, label,
stamp or form of advertising, verified
under oath by the person or some men,
Der or officer of the partnership, cor
poration, association or union of work.
ing men or protective association or COR
poration by whom it is filed. The fee
for such filing shall be two dollars. The
secretary of state may make such rules
and regulations and prescribe such
forms as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 2. Section 1868 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section of No.
I2I of the acts of 1908 (Sec. s823 Of
the General Laws, as proposed) is here
by amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 1868 (Sec. 1923 G. L. The
secretary of state shall deliver to the
person, partnership, corporation. associa-
ton or union of working men or such
protective association or corporation so
filing such trademark or trade name, a
duly attested certificate of the record
thereof, for which he shall receive a fee
of two dollars. Such certificate, shall, in
all suits and prosecutions under this
chapter, be sufficient proof of the adop-
ton of such trademark or trade name.
No name. term, design, device, label,
stamp or form of advertisement shall be
recorded that in any way resembles or
would be reasonably mistaken for a
name. term, design, device, label, stamp
or form OF advertisement already OH
record
Sec. 3. Section 1905 OF the Public
Statutes as amended by section 3 Of No.
III OF the acts of 1908 (Sec, sSes Of
the General Laws, as proposed) is here
BY amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 1905. (Sec. sSa5 G. L. A per-
or keeps for sale goods upon which or
in connection with which is affixed
forgery, imitation or counterfeit of
trademark or trade name adopted and
recorded as provided in this chapter,
and intended to represent such goods
as the genuine goods of another person
or as goods upon which the labor OF
member or members of such association
or Union of working men has been put.
or as goods manufactured or prepared
by the members of such protective asso-
citation or corporation, shall be punished
as provided in the preceding section.
Sec. 4. Section 1866 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section 4 of No.
I2r of the acts of 1908 (Sec. $3.50 of the
General Laws, as proposed) is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1900. (Sec. $3.50 G.. L. A per-