The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-20
mo. 1901

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| mo. 1901
| AN ACT ro pprvrxr THE rssrK OF FALSE kEcKIPrs
| on purs Or .nrxc .xn no pusIsH FRAupuLKNr
Ts.nsrrss m pRopFRTy EY Cotton PssssEs.
| wu.prNcrps AND OTHERS.
HoISe " hspeseI.0esg we J''t ~. t,o
s oehe,u hsse"o.y &C.,. hu ~ ; oo.. O
| Prets, "nnfnDseI vi vtnei Pc soa sn.,i o ~!
81 o'ner vouVa er, ioo amy nroaucs ~
| meIchanelse, gram. noui, VI o.nol P.ouuo. ,; y.
coHmvoiy ~ any PeIson VI Pe,so 1870 u ps,aI
70 DC lne noisea owner vi oMnes s ~ n.hss
sroapce or commodtv shsii have bean setuaIiv
| received into store or upon the premises of such
| cotton nress wharfnper or other person and
SHAH he IN The store or on the nrernises sfore.
| said or nnder His control AT the time of issuinn
| such receipt.
| c. D. :, s,1 49,. ,,.,o, ~. rha. M
% DC ymuH e'sa ,S eso. Ina. LnIi G y.
co.son pIess, wnainnser vi v.ne, pelson snan ai s
u1 Sny ah;s ra, snnr ~ ynroS"cs
i,. =. 49, s nos =, osV 20 ono
i.uod ~ nhar ;nSshtednass rrrisss srch gooJs
.osnou y. sa,n 49, n o,hsr n5oJno,
ms, an, no vt " it, one p;s,;n
noS rana;nt n sha ,rstoSv ~ sncb action nrass
wbarsnoer or other nerson and shall he in store
| "nase. VI Oo, ,p s', Ia a h,s oon,soI =,
~ uR ;,a 20 ssin;n snoh racaint a. voncher a.
| Aforesaid. ~---
| Co. Ia 4, f,.,bo. eno.ted etc That M
n,."n go. vharsnoar ~ o,har neroon sbaiI
So.'on PIE, "I"i ~ ~ v". -, c. a
L a. han raA lin Ann ~ hoF
| so S" o. oo,nod;,n -h;,e any forn,ar raca;ot
| Pioouoe ~ SonSey, "a0 y h ~ 1919; ;P
snr any mrndrcs or cnmmoS;v 49, fars
salo OF any par, tnereoi, snaii oe outstanune snu
uncanceIeo wItnout "riting across tue iaoe Vi Inc
same ouphca'e'
| SEC. 4. BE ii further enacted etc., That no cot
ton press, wharfinger other person shall sell
| incumber, ship, transfer or in any manner
| move permit to be shipped, transferred or re.
moved beyond bis control any goods. wares. mer'
cha diaa nrain H0Qr nfh ar rndn nr I'M
| modify, for which receipt shall have been given
| by him aforesaid, whether received for storing,
shipping, grinding, manufacturing or other pur.
pose, without the written assent of the person or
persons holding such receipt.
| SEC. 5. Be IL further enacted, etc., That no
master, owner or agent Of any boat or vessel of
any description, forwarder, officer or agent OF
any railroad, transfer or transportation company,
! or other person, shall sign or give any bill Of
| ladDg, receipt or other voucher or document for
any merchandise or property by which it shall sp-
pear that such merchandise or property has been
shipped on board of any boat vessel, railroad Car
or other vehicle. unless the same shall have been
actually shipped and put on board and shall be at
the same time actually on board, or delivered to
such boat, vessel, car or other vehicle. to be car
ried or convey ed expressed in said bill of ladng,
receipt or other voucher or document.
| SIC. g. Re II further enacfed. etc. That cotton
| nress REGENTS given for anv goods wares. mer.
| cbandise gram. -four or other produce or com.
| modify stored or deposited with any cotton press,
whsrfnger or other person, or any bill of fading
given by any forwarder, boat, vessel, railroad
transportation or transfer company may be trans
feIred by Endorsement therein, and any person to
whom the same may be transferred shall be deem
ed and taken to be the owner OF the goods, wares,
merchandise, gram, hour or otner produce OF com
modify therein specified SO far as to give validity
to any pledge, hen OF transfer mace OF createa py
| sucn person OF persons, Dut no properly shail Dc
| dehvereo except on surrsn1er sno cancensuon Oh
said original receipt or p oil iaoing OF Inc indoIse
ment Of such delivery thereon; in case OF partial
delivery all cotton press receipts or Ds OF ladlng,
however, which shall have the words " not nego-
table plainly written or stamped on tne lace
thereof. shall De exempt from the provisions Oh
th s6cuon
| DEC. Z. be u JnWer e'tdcted' etc., mat any
cotton press, whartnger, forwarder or other per
son VINO snali uoiate any Oh .ne provisions o,
ms act small DC ueemeu su.v y, OIa:uai
ofiense, and, upon Indictment and conviction
shall be nned IN any sum DOT e1ceeaing nve lnou.
sand dollars, or imprisoned IN the renienuary Oh
| this State not exceeding nVe years, OF DOM. ana
all and every person or persons aggrieveo oy the
violation OF any OF the provisions OF THIS act may
| have and maintain an action at law against IN Q
| person or persons. corporation or corporations,
violating any of the provisions of this act to re-
cover all damages, immediate or consequential,
which be or they may have sustained oy reason
of any such violation as aforesaid before any
| court OF competent yurlsdlcuon' Whether sucn
person or persons email nave oeen convicted Oh
fraud as aforesaid under TINS act or not.
| SEC. s. Be IL further enacted, etc., That all
the provisions of this act shall apply and be ap-
plicable to bills of lading and to all persons or
corporations their agents or servants that shall
NAV jssue bills of lading of any kind or descrip-
| tion the same as II the words Z" for wsrded and
| hills Of Iading were mentioned In every section
of This act.
src q Rs II further enacted. etc., That all
receints hills of iading. vouchers or other docu-
ments issued by any cotton press wharfinger, for
waTder or other Derson. boat vessel. railroad,
,ransporaton or transfer com pany, as by this act
nrovided shall he negotiable by Endorsement in
Hank or bv special indorse meut in the same man
| nor ana IN the same extent as bills of exchange
and nromissory notes now are.
SFc. TO- re a further enacted, etc., That no
nrinted or written conditions or clauses inserted
IN or attached 10 any cotton press receipt on or
hill of ladinq which in any way limits the liability
imposed by this act shall have any effect or force
whatsoever.
SIC. m. Be IL further enacted. etc., That so
much of the preceding sections of this act as for.
bids the delivery of property except on surrender