300

BILLS OF LADING AND STORAGE RECEIPTS. [ART. 35.

instrument in case of complete delivery or removal, or indorsing
thereon the quantity and description of the goods, chatties, or com-
modities delivered or removed, and the names of the persons to
whom delivered, or by whom removed in case such delivery or re-
moval shall be partial only; and any principal person or corporation,
or agent or officer of any person or corporation, wilfully violating
this section or any of the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a

Penalty

misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand,
nor more than five thousand dollars in the case of a corporation,
and in the case of an individual by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred, nor more than five thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a period of not less than one year, nor more than

Proviso.

three years, in the discretion of the court. Provided, however,
that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the
bond fide issuing of duplicate receipts, acceptances, or other vouchers

Duplicate

aforesaid, with the word " duplicate " conspicuously written or
printed upon the face thereof, in the stead of any original outstand-
ing receipts, acceptances, or other vouchers aforesaid, which may
have been lost, destroyed, or mislaid

Id s 7
Certain claims,
rights, etc,
saved

18, No person having any claim, right, or action whatever under
this article or otherwise upon or under any instrument declared
negotiable thereby, or by reason of the issuing, negotiation, or hold-
ing of said instrument; or the doing of any matter or thing by this
article forbidden or made punishable, shall be in any way hindered
or precluded from asserting or maintaining the same by or because
of any prohibitory or punitive provision in this article contained.

ELEVATOR RECEIPTS.

1874, c 303
Legal import of
elevator
receipts

1 9. All receipts for grain deposited or stored in any elevator or
place of storage connected therewith, in this State, and known in
trade as " elevator receipts, " shall, for all purposes of sale or other
disposition whatsoever, be held to invest and imply title to such
grain in the persons to whom or to whose order such receipt shall
have been issued, and to vest and imply absolute title in all subse-
quent holders to whom such receipts shall have been passed by or
under any contract or transfer, valid and bond fide as between the
parties thereto.