ACT. 14] BILLS OF LADING, STORAGE AND ELEVATOR RECEIPTS. 9

thereof, in the stead of any original outstanding receipts, ac-
ceptances or other vouchers aforesaid, which may have been
lost, destroyed or mislaid; and provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any warehouse-
man in any proceeding taken for the enforcement of his ware-
houseman's lien, from delivering possession of the goods, wares,
merchandise, chattels, commodities or other property sold in
such proceeding, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, with-
out the production, surrender or cancellation of the outstand-
ing receipt, acceptance of order or other voucher for the prop-
erty sold.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1908.

CHAPTER 548.

AN ACT to add eight new sections to Article 14 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Bills of Lading,
Storage and Elevator Receipts, " said new sections to follow
immediately after Section 12 of said Article 14, as the same
was enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1906, Chapter 19, to be sub-titled "Warehouseman's
Lien on Wines and Distilled Spirits and its Enforcement, "
and to be numbered respectively 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and
20.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That eight new sections be and the same are hereby added
to Article 14 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
title "Bills of Lading, Storage and Elevator Receipts, " said new
sections to follow immediately after Section 12 of said Article
14, as the same was enacted by the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland of 1906, Chapter 19, to be sub-titled "Ware-
houseman's Lien on Wines and Distilled Spirits and its En-
forcement, " the same to be numbered respectively 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19 and 20, and to read as follows:

13. Every person, firm or corporation in this State receiving
and storing for hire whiskey, wines or distilled spirits of any
kind whatsoever, and every owner or proprietor of any bonded
warehouse of the United States, known as distillery ware-
houses, as defined by and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, and situated in this State, shall have a lien
on the spirits stored with him for his storage charges, for all
moneys advanced by him for freight, cartage, labor, weighing,