Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-04
CHATTER 1881.

CHATTER 1881.
AN ACT 10 Establish and Define the Lien Of
Warehousemen. and 20 Enable Them 10 Col
lect Their Charges Upon Property Deposited
With Them. by the Sale Thereof.
II Is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION l. Every public warehouseman OF
person lawfully engaged exclusively In the
business OF storing goods. wares, and mer-
chandise for hire shall have a lien for his
storage charges, for money advanced by him
for freight, carriage, labor, weighing and coop
ering paid on goods deposited and stored with
him, and such lien shall extend Co and include
all legal demands for storage and said above
described expenses paid which he may have
against the owner Of said goods; and II shall
be lawful for him TO detain said goods until
such lien is paid.
SIC. 2. Every public warehouseman who
shall have In his possession any property, by
virtue OF any agreement or warehouse receipt
for the storage Of the same, on which claim
for storage is at least one year overdue, may
proceed TO sell the same at public auction, and
out OF the proceeds may retain the charges for
storage OF said goods, wares and merchandise,
and any advances that may have been made
thereon by him or them. and the expense of ad-
vertising and sale thereof; but no sale shall be
made until after the giving Of printed or writ
ten notice Of such sale TO the person or persons
In whose name such goods, wares and merchan-
disc were stored, requiring him, her or them TO
pay the arrears or amount tlue for such stor-
age; and In case of default in 80 doing, that
such goods, wares and merchandise will be
sold 60 pay the same at n time and place TO be
specified In such notice.
SAC. Q. The notice required by the last pre-
oeding section shall be served by delivering it
TO the person storing the same, or by leaving IL
At his usual place OF abode, OF IL a corporation,
et the office OF such corporation, II within the
state, at least thirty days before the time Of
such sale, and q return Of the service shall be
made by some officer authorized to serve civil
process, or by some other person, with an affi-
davit Of the truth OF the return. II the party
storing the goods cannot with reasonable dill
genoe be found within the state, or in case OF
corporation II II has no Office within the state.
then such notice shall be given by publication
once In each week for three successive weeks,
the last publication 90 be at least thirty days
before the time OF such sale, In q newspaper
published In the city or town where such ware
house is located, or II there Is such paper, In
one OF the principal newspapers published in
the county In which said warehouse is located.
In the event that the party storing such goods
shall have parted with his title to the same,
and the purchaser shall have notified the
warehouseman with his address, such notice
shall be given 70 such person In lieu of the per-
son storing the goods.
SEQ l. Such warehouseman shall make an
sntry In book kept for that purpose Of the
balance or surplus Of the proceeds of the sale,
n any, and such balance or surplus shall be
paid over TO such person or persons entitled
thereto on demand; and II such balance or
surplus is not called FOR or claimed by said
party or owner of said property within six
months after such sale, such balance or sur
plus shall be paid by such warehouseman to
the general treasurer, who shall pay the same
TO the parties entitled thereto, II called for OF
claimed by the rightful owner within Ave years
after the receipt thereof; and such warehouse
man shall. at the same time file with said gen.
sral treasurer an affidavit In which shall be
stated the name and place OF residence. so far
as known, Of the person whose property has
been sold, and the price at which II was sold,
the name and residence OF the auctioneer max
ing the sale. together with a copy Of the notice
served or published, and how served Such
notice and affidavit, when filed as above pro-
vided, shall be admitted as evidence Of the
giving of the notice.
SEQ. g. All acts and parts Of acts inconsst-
ent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act
shall take effect on and after its passage.