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Vermont Ageicttltural Report. 



NO. 82. 



AN ACT TO PROTECT MILK DEALERS AND CON- 

 vSUMERS AGAINST THE UNLAWFUL USE AND 

 DESTRUCTION OF MILK CANS AND OTHER RE- 

 CEPTACLES. 



Section 



1. Persons having- names on cans 



may file in town clerk's of- 

 fice description of name; 

 publication in newspaper. 



2. Person nsin.s: such can so mark- 



er! fined for each case so n^ed. 



Section 



3. Person mutilating- such can 



fitied or imprisoned. 



4. Person putting- foul matter Into 



can punished. 

 T). Person concealing- can brought 

 before a .iustice for hearing; 

 search warrant. 



It is hereby enacted by the Cencral Assembly of the State 

 of Vermont: 



Section i. All persons and corporations engaged in buying, 

 selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, jugs, bottles or jars, 

 with their names or other marks or devices, branded, engraved,, 

 blown, or otherwise produced in a permanent manner in or upon 

 such cans, jugs, bottles or jars, may file in the office of the clerk 

 of the city or town in which their principal place of business is 

 situated, a description of the name or names, mark or marks, de- 

 vice or devices so used by them, and cause such description to be 

 published once each week for four weeks successively in a news- 

 paper published in the city or town in which said description has 

 been filed as aforesaid except that where there is no newspaper 

 published in such city or town then such publication may be 

 made in any newspaper published in the county in Avhich such 

 city or town is situated. 



Sec. 2. Whoever without the consent of the owner takes 

 and detains or uses in his business, sells, disposes of, buys, con- 

 ceals or traffics in any milk or cream can, jug, bottle, or jar,, the 

 owner of which has complied with the provisions relating there- 

 to in section one of this act, shall be punished for the first offense 

 by a fine not exceeding five dollars, or by punishment in the 

 house of correction for a term not exceeding sixty days, for 

 each can, jug, bottle or jar so taken, and detained or used in his 

 business, sold, disposed of, bought, concealed or trafficked in, 

 and for any subsequent offense by a fine not exceeding ten dol- 

 lars, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for a term 

 not exceeding six months, for each can, jug, bottle or jar so 

 taken and detained or used in his business, sold, disposed of, 

 bought, concealed or trafficked in as aforesaid. Possession by 

 any person in the transaction of his business of any such article 

 the owner of which has complied with the provisions of section 

 one of this act sh^U constitute prima facie evidence of the un* 



