8 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

age and Elevator Receipts, " said section being numbered 10
of Article 14 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
of 1904, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 6 of Article 14 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title "Bills of Lading, Storage and Elevator
Receipts, " said section being numbered 10 of Article 14 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland of 1904, be and the
same hereby is repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as
to read as follows:

10. No warehouseman or corporation, or person whatsoever,
having issued or caused to be issued, or having outstanding and
issued by any agent or officer of such person or corporation as
aforesaid, any receipt, acceptance of order or other voucher for
goods, chattels or commodities as on deposit or storage with or
in the custody or on the premises, or under the control of such
person or corporation shall issue any other receipt, acceptance
of order or other voucher whatsoever for the same, or any part
thereof until the said first issued instrument shall have been
returned and cancelled or destroyed, and no person or corpora-
tion whatsoever having issued or having outstanding, as afore-
said, any such receipt, acceptance of order or other voucher
aforesaid, and no agent or officer of any such person or corpo-
ration shall part with, deliver or remove or permit to be deliv-
ered or removed, the goods, chattels or commodities in such in-
strument named or described, 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 instru-
ment in case of complete delivery, or removal or indorsing there-
on the quantity and description of the goods, chattels or com-
modities 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 cor-
poration or agent or officer of any person or corporation, wil-
fully violating this section or any of the provisions thereof, shall
be guilty of a 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 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