Mr. MORRILL. I now move that the senate proceed to the consideration of Senate bill No. 265. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill (S.No.265) to protect the manufacturers of mineral waters in the DistCol, and for other purposes. It provides that all manufacturers and vendors of mineral waters and other beverages in bottles, upon which their names or their mark or marks shall be respectively impressed. may file with the clerk of the supreme court of the DistCol desention of such bottles and of the name or mar s thereon, and cause the same to be published for not less than 2 weeks successively in a daily or weekly news paperpublished in the DistCol. this to be unlawful for any person or persons hereafter, without the permission of the owner or owners, to fill with mineral waters or other beverages any such bottles so marked, or to sell dispose of, or to bu, or to traffic in any such bottles so marke and not bought by him or her of such owner or owners; and every person so offending is to be liable to a penalt of 50 cents for every bottle so filled, or sold: or used, or disposed of, or bought, or trafficked in, for the 1st offense and of 5 dollars for eve subsequent offense, to be recovered as after fines in the DistCol. The ComDistCol reported the bill with 2 amendments. The 1st amendment was in section one, line 4. after the word “beverages” to insert “ by law allowable, ” so that it will read: That all manufacturers and vendors of mineral waters and other beveragesby law allowable in hot tles. 8w. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was to strike out the 3rd section of the bill in the followmg words: Sin. 3. Abife:.That the fact of any person other than the rightful owner thereof using any such bottles for the sole therein of any beverageshall bepnmn facie procfof the unlawful use or purchaseof such bottlesls morcsaid and any owner or owners or agent of such owner or owners, who shall make oath or allirnintion before any justice of the peacethat he has reason to believe and does believe, that an of his bottles. stamped and registeredas aforesai. are being unlawfully usedor are concealed by any lperson or persons selling or manufacturing minera waters or other beverages. that the said justice of the peace shall thereupon issue a process, (iu the nature of useareb warrun ) directedt9any policeman, commanding him tose are the premises, wagons, carts or other places of the offenderor offenders where said bottles are alleged to be and if upon such search any bottles so marked shall be found, to bring the sums. togetherwith the emanor persons in whose possessionthey may he ound. before said justice of the price. there to be dealt nth according to the provisions of this not.