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marks thereon, together with their name in full, or their corporate name, and 
also their place of business in the District of Columbia, and if so filed shall 
cause the same to be published for not less than two weeks successively in a 
daily or weekly newspaper published in the District of Columbia. 
“ Sec. 87Sc. That whoever, except the person who shall have filed and pub- 
lished a description of the same as aforesaid, fills with milk or cream, or other 
beverage, as aforesaid, with intent to sell the same, any vessel so marked and 
distinguished as aforesaid, the description of which shall have been filed and 
published as provided in the preceding section, or defaces, erases, covers up, or 
otherwise removes or conceals any such name or mark as aforesaid, or the word 
‘ registered,’ thereon, or sells, buys, gives, takes, or otherwise disposes of, or 
traffics in the same without having purchased the contents thereof from the per- 
son whose name is in or upon such vessel, or without the written consent of 
such person, shall, for the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty cents for each such vessel, or by imprisonment for not less than ten days 
nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment ; and for each 
subsequent offense by a fine of not less than one or more than five dollars for 
each such vessel, or by imprisonment for not less than twenty days nor more 
than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
“ Sec. 878d. That the use or possession by any person not engaged in the pro- 
duction or sale of milk or cream or other beverage as aforesaid, except the 
person who shall so have filed and published a description of the same as afore- 
said, of any vessel marked or distinguished as aforesaid, the description of 
which shall have been filed and published as aforesaid, without purchase of the 
contents thereof from, or the written consent of, the person who shall so have 
filed and published the said description, shall be prima facie evidence of the un- 
lawful use, possession of, or traffic in, such vessel, and the person so using or in 
possession of the same, except the person who shall so have filed and published 
the said description as aforesaid, shall be punished as in the next preceding 
section provided. 
Sec. 878e. That upon complaint of any person who has complied with section 
eight hundred and seventy-eight b, or his agent, to the police court of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, or one of the judges thereof, that such person, or agent, has 
reason to believe, and does believe, that any person within the District of Co- 
lumbia is guilty of the violation of any provision of this Act, the said court or 
judge may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain such vessels as afore- 
said and their contents, and may also cause to be brought before the said court 
or judge the person so believed to be guilty, or his agent or employee, in whose 
possession or upon whose wagon or premises any such vessel or vessels may be 
found : and any such person, agent, or employee found guilty of a violation of 
any of the provisions of this Act shall be punished as aforesaid, and the said 
court or judge shall also order the property taken upon any such search war- 
rant to be delivered to its owner. 
“ Sec. 878f. That the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia 
is hereby authorized to make regulations and prescribe forms for the filing of 
labels, trade-marks, or other distinctive marks under the provisions of the fore- 
going amendments to section eight hundred and seventy-eight. 
“ Sec. 878g. That nothing in the foregoing amendments to section eight hun- 
dred and serenty-eight shall prevent of restrain any person who is the legal 
owner of a trade-mark or label from proceeding in an action of tort against any 
person found guilty of violating any subsection of section eight hundred and 
seventy-eight.” 
Approved, February 27, 1907. 
