[at-l] stealing

[kahley7@ptd.net (kahley)]

Weary, I don't think a lot of people know this.  I learned the tradition as ...
the register stays till it is truly full then if you have a replacement, you
swap them out.  I know hikers who have carried a notebook for their entire 
thru just
in case they got the chance.



At 08:03 PM 8/7/01 -0400, you wrote:

>"Not wanting to start a flame war, but what makes it illegal {the taking 
>of shelter registers}?  Some sort of
>common law?  Maine law?  Federal law?
>
>In Maine maintainers of shelters are told to place registers in their 
>shelters and when they are
>full to send them to overseers and place new ones. I assume that under 
>most laws in most states that
>things left with a note on their covers that they are the property of the 
>MATC -- and if in fact
>they were purchased by MATC, given to the MATC or donated to the MATC, it 
>is illegal to take them without
>authorization. YMMV
>
>Weary
>
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