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SEC. 6. Negotiable bills issued in this State for the trans-
portation of goods to any place in the United States, on the
Continent of North America, except Alaska, shall not be issued
in parts or sets.

If so issued, the carrier issuing them shall be liable for fail-
ure to deliver the goods described therein to any one who pur-
chases a part for value in good faith, even though the purchase
be after the delivery of the goods by the carrier to a holder of
one of the other parts.

SEC. 7. When more than one negotiable bill is issued in this
State for the same goods to be transported to any place in the
United States, on the Continent of North America, except
Alaska, the word "duplicate," or some other word or words
indicating that the document is not an original bill, shall be
placed plainly upon the face of every such bill, except the one
first issued. A carrier shall be liable for the damage caused by
his failure so to do to any one who has purchased the bill for
value in good faith as an original, even though the purchase be
after the delivery of the goods by the carrier to the holder of
the original bill.

SEC. 8. A non-negotiable bill shall have placed plainly upon
its face by the carrier issuing it "non-negotiable," or "not ne-
gotiable."

This section shall not apply, however, to memoranda or
acknowledgments of an informal character.

SEC. 9. The insertion in a negotiable bill of the name of a
person to be notified of the arrival of the goods shall not limit
the negotiability of the bill, or constitute notice to a purchaser
thereof of any rights or equities of such person in the goods.

SEC. 10. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, where a
consignor receives a bill and makes no objection to its terms or
conditions at the time he receives it, neither the consignor nor
any person who accepts delivery of the goods, nor any person
who seeks to enforce any provision of the bill, shall be allowed
to deny that he is bound by such terms and conditions, so far
as they are not contrary to law or public policy.

SEC. 11. A carrier, in the absence of some lawful excuse, is
bound to deliver goods upon a demand made either by the con-
signee named in the bill for the goods, or if the bill is nego-
tiable, by the holder thereof, if such demand is accompanied by:

A. An offer in good faith to satisfy the carrier's lawful lien
upon the goods.

B. An offer in good faith to surrender, properly endorsed,
the bill which was issued for the goods, if the bill is negotiable;
and