The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-06

The federal statutes which have
been passed for the protection of the
flag are the following
Cd The act of congress of Febru-
airy 20, 1905, providing that trade
mark cannot be registered which con-
slsts of or comprises, among other
things, the flag, coat of arms, or 9TH
er insignia of the United States, or
any stimulation thereof"
(2) A joint resolution of congress
approved May 8, 1914, authorizing the
display of the flag on Mothers day.
go The act of February 5, 1917. pro-
viding certain penalties for the desc
Grafton, mutilation, or improper use Of
the flag within the District of Column
bia.
(4) The act of May 16, 1918, provid-
ing, when the United States is at war
fer the dismissal from the service of
any employee or official of the United
States government who crticizes in an
abusive violent manner the flag of the
United States.
90 The act Of March 10, 1928, which
reads as follows
Be it enacted, etc, That any per-
son or persons, firm or firms, corpora
ton or corporations, or other organ
manner, for exhibition or display,
place or cause to be placed under the
flag, color, design, standard, coat of
arms, or other insignia of the United
States or upon any intended repre-
sentation thereof, any Inscription, pic
ture design, device, symbol, name, ad-
vertisement words, marks, notice, or
token, or who shall possess, distribute,
display, or exhibit, or cause to be dis
tributed, displayed, or exhibited any
flag, color, design, standard, coat of
arms, or other insignia of the United
States, upon which shall in any man.
ner be placed attached, annexed, af-
fixed, associated, or made a part there
of, any inscription, picture, design, de-
vice, symbol, name, advertisements.
words, marks, notice, or token what
ever, or who willfully and publicly
show open or hostile contempt for,
trample upon, or otherwise deface or
defle any such flag, color. ensign,
standard, coat of arms, or other in
sigma of the United states, shall up
on conviction be fined not less than
$780, OF imprisoned for not more than
six months, or both, for each such Of
Tense: Provided, that flags, colors en-
signs, standards, coat Of arms, or other
insignia the property of or used in
any state or territory, or the District
of Columbia, may have placed thereon
such inscription, names of actions,
words, figures, marks, or symbols as
are authorized by law or by the rules
and regulations of he United States
government or any department or
division thereof
Sec. q That the words flag" col
ors," coat of arms or insignia"
used herein include also any picture or
representation or stimulation OF the
same.
Sec. 3. That this act shall not apply
to the use, wholly disconnected from
trade advertising, of the flag, colors, |
coat Of arms, or other insignia of the |
United States on newspapers, books, |
cards, certificates, commissions dec
orations, banners, pictures, stationery |
for correspondence, or in or on any
article or in any position where its
use is purely and obviously for orna-
mental or patriotic purposes.
Sec. a. That this act shall go into
effect upon its passage and publication,
except as to goods which shall have
been made and marked and in stock at
hat time. and as to such goods it
shall be in force six months after Its
and publication.