1032 ORDINARY AND INN KEEPERS AND RETAILERS. [ART. 71.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 70, sec. 5. 1854, ch 323, sec. 1.

5. Any ordinary or inn keeper in any city or town having a pop-
ulation of more than five hundred inhabitants, who shall provide an
iron safe or other secure depository for the keeping of the money,
jewelry and plate belonging to his guests, and who shall take
charge for safe keeping of such money, jewelry and plate, shall
be liable for the full value of the same if lost or stolen while thus
in his charge; to be recovered before a jusitice of the peace if
such value does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and if
over that sum by action of assumpsit in any court having juris-
diction, unless the loss occurred through fire proved to have hap
pened without any negligence upon the part of himself or his
agents.

Pettigrew v. Barnum, 11 Md. 434. Giles v. Fauntleroy, 13 Md. 126. Bur-
rows v. Trieber, 21 Md. 320. Maltby v. Chapman, 25 Md. 310. Trieber v.
Burrows, 27 Md 130

Ibid sec. 6. 1854, ch. 323, secs. 2-3.

6. If any ordinary or inn keeper referred to in the preceding sec-
tion shall cause written or printed notices to be put up in his cham-
bers and other conspicuous places about his house, notifying his
guests of the purport of the preceding section, and requesting
them to deposit their money and plate with him or his agent, to
be designated by such notice, then he shall not be responsible for
the loss by robbery or otherwise; provided, such ordinary or inn
keeper can prove that he has complied with the provisions of this
and the preceding section, unless such loss occurred from collusion
or positive negligence on the part of such ordinary or inn keeper
or his agent.
Ibid.