34 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 14 of the Code of Public General Laws of
1904, title "Bills of Ladjing, Storage and Elevator Receipts," be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, under the title "Bills of Lading," so as to read as fol-
lows :

SEC. 1. Bills of Lading issued by any common carrier shall
be governed by this Act.

SEC. 2. Every bill must embody within its written or printed
terms:

A. The date of its issue.

B. The name of the person from whom the goods have been
received.

C. The place where the goods have been received.

D. The place to which the goods are to be transported.

E. A statement whether the goods received will be delivered
to a specified person, or to the order of a specified person.

F. A description of the goods or of the packages containing
them, which may, however, be in such general terms as are re-
ferred to in Section 23; and

G. The signature of the carrier.

A negotiable bill shall have the words "order of" printed
thereon immediately before the name of the person upon whose
order the goods received are deliverable.

A carrier shall be liable to any person injured thereby for
the damage caused by the omission from a negotiable bill of
any of the provisions required in this section.

SEC. 3. A carrier may insert in a bill issued by him any
other terms and conditions; provided, that such terms and con-
ditions shall not:

A. Be contrary to law or public policy; or

B. In any wise impair his obligation to exercise at least
that degree of care in the transportation and safe-keeping of
the goods entrusted to him which a reasonably careful man
would exercise in regard to similar goods of his own.

SEC. 4. A bill in which it is stated that the goods are con-
signed or destined to a specified person, is a non-negotiable or
straight bill.

SEC. 5. A bill in which it is stated that the goods are con-
signed or destined to the order of any person named in such bill
is a negotiable or order bill.

Any provision in such a bill that it is non-negotiable shall
not affect its negotiability within the meaning of this Act.