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WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.

[ART. 14A.

1910, ch. 406, see. 1 (p. 46).

1. Warehouse receipts may be issued by any warehouseman.

For receipts held not to be "warehouse receipts" within the purview of
sections 1 and 10 of article 14. as they stood prior to the uniform bills of
lading and warehouse receipts acts, see Washington County Bank v. Motter,
97 Md. 548; State v. Bryaut, 63 Md. 68. And see Thurber v. Oliver, 26 Fed.
224.

1910. ch. 406, sec. 2 (p. 46).

2. Warehouse receipts need not be in any particular form, but every
such receipt must embody within its written or printed terms:

(a) The location of the warehouse where the goods are stored.

(?)) The date of issue of the receipt.

(c) The consecutive number of the receipt.

(d} A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the
bearer, to a specified< person, or to a specified person or his order.

(e) The rate of storage charges.

(/) A description of the goods or of the packages containing them.

(g) The signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his
authorized agent.

(A) If the receipt is issued for goods of which the warehouseman is
owner, either solely or jointly, or in common with others, the fact of
such ownership, and

(i) A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities
incurred for which the warehouseman claims a lien. If the precise
amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the
time of the issue of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to
his agent who issues it. a statement of the fact that advances have been
made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient.

A warehouseman shall be liable to any person injured thereby, for
all damage caused by the omission from a negotiable receipt of any of
the terms herein required.

1910. ch. 406, sec. 3 (p. 47).

3. A warehouseman may insert in a receipt, issued by him, any
other terms and conditions, provided that such terms and conditions
shall not: