ART. 14] WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. 363

or any part thereof, except only to or by the holder of said
instrument, or upon his order, and upon the presentation of
said instrument with his endorsement in every case, or without
cancelling or destroying said instrument in case of complete
delivery or removal or endorsing thereon the quantity and
description of the goods, chattels or commodities delivered or
removed, and the names of the persons to whom delivered, or
by whom removed in case such delivery or removal 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
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one thou-
sand, nor more than five thousand dollars in the case of a cor-
poration, and in the case of an individual by a fine of not less
than one hundred, nor more than five thousand dollars, and
imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of not less than
one year, nor more than three years, in the discretion of the
court; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prohibit the bona fide issuing of duplicate
receipts, acceptances or other vouchers aforesaid, with the
word "duplicate" conspicuously written or printed upon the
face thereof, in the stead of any original outstanding receipts,
acceptances or other vouchers aforesaid, which may have been
lost, destroyed, or mislaid.
State v. Bryant, 63 Md. 66.

Ibid, sec. 7. 1876, ch. 262, sec. 7.

11. 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, nego-
tiation or holding 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.