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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 49

first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the
document and the goods even though any later holder may
have received the goods from the carrier in good faith
and discharged the carrier's obligation by surrender of
his part.

(4)   Any person who negotiates or transfers a single
part of a bill of lading drawn in a set is liable to
holders of that part as if it were the whole set.

(5)   The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance
with [part] SUBTITLE 4 of this [subtitle] TITLE against
the first presented part of a bill of lading lawfully
drawn in a set. Such delivery discharges the bailee's
obligation on the whole bill.

7-305. Destination bills.

(1) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the
consignor at the place of shipment a carrier may at the
request of the consignor procure the bill to be issued at
destination or at any other place designated in the
request.

(2) Upon request of anyone entitled as against the
carrier to control the goods while in transit and on
surrender of any outstanding bill of lading or other
receipt covering such goods, the issuer may procure a
substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in
the request.

7-306. Altered bills of lading.

An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank
in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according
to its original tenor.

7—307. Lien of carrier.

(1)   A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a
bill of lading for charges subsequent to the date of its
receipt of the goods for storage or transportation
(including demurrage and terminal charges) and for
expenses necessary for preservation of the goods or
incident to their transportation or reasonably incurred
in their sale pursuant to law. But against a purchaser
for value of a negotiable bill of lading a carrier's lien
is limited to charges stated in the bill or the
applicable tariffs, or if no charges are stated then to a
reasonable charge.

(2)     A lien for charges and expenses under
subsection (1) on goods which the carrier was required by
law to receive for transportation is effective against