1052                       LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 403

writings, title deeds, printings, engravings, pictures, gold or
silver plate or plated articles, glass, china, silks in a manu-
factured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or
not wrought up with any other material, furs, or lace, or any
of them, contained in any parcel, or package, or trunk, shall
lade the same as freight or baggage on any airship or other
aircraft engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, without
at the time of such lading giving to' the master, clerk, agent
or owner of such airship or other aircraft receiving the same
a written notice of the true character and value thereof, and
having the same entered oil the bill of lading therefor, the
master and owner of such airship or other aircraft shall not
be liable as carriers thereof in any form or manner; nor shall
any such master or owner be liable for any such goods beyond
the value and according to the character thereof so notified and
Entered.

39.     No owner of any airship or other aircraft engaged in
interstate or foreign commerce shall be liable to answer for or
make good, to any person any loss or damage which may hap-
pen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped,
taken in, or put on board any such airships or other aircraft
by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board
such airship or other aircraft unless such fire is caused by the
design or neglect of such owner.

40.      The liability of the owner of any airship or other
aircraft engaged in interstate or foreign commerce for any
embezzlement, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any prop-
erty, goods, or- merchandise shipped or put on board of such
airship or other aircraft, or for any loss, damage, or injury
by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or
forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity
or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed
the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such
airship or other aircraft, and her freight then pending.

41.     "Whenever any such embezzlement, loss, or destruction
is suffered by several freighters or owners of goods, wares,
merchandise, or any property whatever, on the same voyage,
and the whole value of the airship or other aircraft engaged
in interstate or foreign commerce, and her freight for the
voyage, is not sufficient to make compensation to each of them,
they shall receive compensation from the owner of such airship