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2. Every instrument of those mentioned and de-
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scribed in section one, which shall be issued by any
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Conclusive
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person or corporation, or by any agent or officer of
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evidence.
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any person or corporation authorized to issue the
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same on his or its behalf, or authorized or permitted
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by such person or corporation to issue like instru-
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ments on his or its behalf for goods, chattels or
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commodities, actually received for transportation or
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held on storage, as the case may be, shall be con-
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clusive evidence in the hands of any bona fide holder
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for value of such instrument, who shall have become
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such without actual notice to the contrary, that all
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of the goods, chattels and commodities in said in-
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strument mentioned or described, had been actually
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received by and were actually in the possession and
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custody of such person or corporation at the time of
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issuing the said instrument according to the tenor
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thereof, and for the purposes and to the effects
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therein stipulated or provided, notwithstanding that
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the fact may be otherwise, and that such agent or
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officer may have had no authority to issue any such
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instrument on behalf of his said principal, except for
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Except for.
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goods, chattels or commodities actually received and
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in possession at the time of such issue.
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3. Every acceptance of an order and every other
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voucher whatsoever, for any goods, chattels or com-
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Negotiable re-
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modities as on storage or deposit, whereby the
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ceipt.
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custody or possession of such goods, chattels or
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commodities shall be acknowledged or certified by
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any warehouseman, wharfinger or other person or
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corporation within this State, and which acceptance
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or voucher shall not on its face provide or stipulate
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in terms that it shall not be negotiable, shall be held
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and taken when issued to be a negotiable receipt
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and instrument to all intents and effects within the
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meaning and operation of this article.
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4. Any instrument declared negotiable by this
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Held & taken.
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article shall be held and taken to have been issued
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within the meaning of this article when it shall have
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been signed and shall have been delivered out of the
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custody of the person or corporation to be charged
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or bound by the same, or of his or its agent or
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officer aforesaid.
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