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or provision purporting to limit such negotiability shall be
void.

1902, ch. 125, sec. IB.

3. If any "order" bill of lading shall contain the words
" Notify AB, " or any other words directing notice to be given
to any person of the arrival of the goods, chattels or* commo-
dities at a point of destination, such words shall not be con-
strued to charge any holder of such instruments with notice of
any rights or equities of such person so to be notified in the
said goods, chattels or commodities.
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. Ibid. sec. 1c.

4. If any person or corporation, or any agent of any person
or corporation having issued any "order" bill of lading shall
deliver or permit to be delivered the goods, chattels or com-
modities mentioned in such bill of lading, without requiring
the surrender of such bill of lading and without cancelling the
same by writing or stamping on the face thereof in a con-
spicuous manner the word " cancelled, " or in case of partial
delivery, without endorsing on such bill of lading the quantity
and description of the goods, chattels or commodities so
delivered, the said bill of lading shall be deemed to be and
continue as an outstanding obligation of the said person or
corporation, to the same extent as though the goods, chattels
or commodities had not been delivered, and such person or
corporation shall be and continue to be liable for the delivery
of the said goods, chattels or commodities to any present or
subsequent holder of such bill of lading who became or shall
have become such holder for value and without notice of the
delivery of the goods, chattels or commodities.

Ibid. sec. ID.

5. No person or corporation or agent or officer of any
person or corporation conducting the business of transporting
any goods, chattels or commodities of any kind, on land or
water, or on both, shall decline or refuse to issue an " order"
bill of lading for goods, chattels or commodities offered to it
for transportation, if the shipper or consignor of such goods,
chattels or commodities shall verbally or in writing request
the issue of such " order " bill of lading. And any person or
corporation or agent or officer of any person or corporation
wilfully violating this section or any provision thereof shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more