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be negotiable instruments and securities, unless it be provided
in express terms to the contrary on the face thereof, in the
same sense as bills of exchange and promissory notes, and
full and complete title to the property in said instruments
mentioned or described, and all rights and remedies incident
to such title, or arising under or derivable from the said
instrument, shall enure to and be vested in each and every
bona fide holder thereof for value, altogether unaffected by any
rights, or equities whatsoever, of or between the original or
any other prior holder of or parties to the same, of which
such bona fide holder for value shall not have had actual notice
at the time he became such.

B. & O. H. R. Co. v. Wilkins, 44 Md 26. Tiedeman v. Knox, 53 Md. 612.
W. Md. R. R Co. v. Franklin Bank, 60 Md. 38. Ruhl v. Corner, 63 Md 182.
Seal v. Zell, 63 Md.. 356. Lazard v. M. & M. Trans. Co., 78 Md 1. Farmers'
Packing Co. v. Brown, 87 Md. 10. Wash. Co. Nat'1 Bank v. Motter, 97 Md.
546

1902, ch. 125, sec. 1A.

2. If any bill of lading or any receipt, voucher or acknowl-
edgment whatsoever in writing in the nature or stead of a bill
of lading for goods, chattels or commodities of any kind to be
transported on land or water, or on both, shall contain the
word "order" inserted before or after the name of the consignee,
or if there shall be on such bill of lading, receipt, voucher or
acknowledgment any printed or written matter indicating that
the goods, chattels or commodities named therein are to be
delivered only upon the order or endorsement of the consignee
or other party named, such bill of lading or instrument shall
be known as an "order" bill of lading. All "order" bills of
lading shall be and they are hereby constituted and declared
to be negotiable instruments and securities in the same sense
as bills of exchange and promissory notes and full and com-
plete title to the property in said instruments mentioned or
described, and all rights and remedies incident to such title or
arising under or derivable from the said instruments shall
enure to and be vested in each and every bona fide holder
thereof for value, altogether unaffected by any rights or equities
whatsoever, of or between the original or any other prior
holders of or parties to the same, of which such bona fide
holder for value shall not have had actual notice at the time to
become* such. No conditions, clauses or provisions inserted in
or attached to any "order" bill of lading shall in any manner
limit the negotiability thereof, and every such condition, clause

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