Massachusetts § 281 Counterfeiting, destroying or altering brand on cask of nails or brads; penalty

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 281 — Counterfeiting, destroying or altering brand on cask of nails or brads; penalty

Massachusetts § 281

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 94INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 281 (2026).

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Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.

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Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.