314 BILLS OF LADING. [ART 14

1910, ch. 336, sec. 43 (p. 43).

43. Except as provided in section 42, nothing in this article shall
limit the rights and remedies of a mortgagee or lienholder whose mort-
gage or lien on goods would be valid apart from this article, as against
one whom, for value and in good faith, purchased from the owner,
immediately prior to the time of their delivery to the carrier, the goods
which are subject to the mortgage or lien and obtained possession of
them.

1910, ch. 336, sec. 44 (p. 43).

44. Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intention
to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill, knowing that all or any part
of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such
carrier, or by an agent of such carrier, or by a connecting carrier, or
are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall
be guilty of such a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for
each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by a fine not
exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both.

For a case dealing with section 6 of article 14 of the code of 1904. see
B. & O. R. R. Co. v. Reuter, 114 Md. 698.

1910, ch. 336, sec. 45 (p. 44).

45. Any officers, agent or servant of a carrier, who, with intent to
defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill for goods, knowing that it con-
tains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon convic-
tion shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

1910. ch. 336, sec. 46 (p. 44).

46. Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to
defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable
bill for goods in violation of the provisions of section 7, knowing that
a former negotiable bill for the same goods, or any part of them, is
outstanding and uncancelled, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon con-
viction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceed-
ing five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by
both.

1910. ch. 336, sec. 47 (p. 44).

47. Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon
which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a
negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates for value, with intent to
deceive and without disclosing his want of title, or the existence of
the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction
shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

1910, ch. 336. sec. 48 (p. 44).

48. Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers
for value a bill, knowing that any or all of the goods which by the