Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
NO. 1853.
AN ACT RELATING TO WARE

AN ACT RELATING TO WARE
HOUSES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly OF the State Of Vermont:
Section 1. Any person may establish
and maintain q public warehouse. and
may receive on storage into the Same
any goods, wares, merchandise, provi-
sions, or other commodity, and shall issue
to the persons from whom he receives
the same warehouse receipts therefor;
and he may issue warehouse receipts for
any of his own property which is de-
posted In such warehouse; but no per.
son shall issue any receipt for any such
property so received by him on storage,
or deposited by him in such warehouse.
unless he shall have displayed and shall
maintain In a conspicuous manner, on
the front of the building where such
goods or other commodities are stored.
the words public Warehouse"
Sec. 2. No warehouseman or other per-
son shall issue any receipt, acceptance of
an order, or other voucher, for or upon
any such property, to himself or to any
other person purportng to be the owner
thereof, or entitled or claiming the right
to receive the same, unless such prop
erty shall have been actually received
into his warehouse and shall be under his
control at the time of issuing such re-
ceipt acceptance, or voucher.
Sec. 3. No warehouseman or other per-
son shall issue any receipt or other
voucher upon any such property to any
person as security for any money loan
ed or other Indebtedness, unless such
property shall. at the time of Issuing
such receipt or other voucher, be in the
custody of such warehouseman or other
person, and in his warehouse.
Sec. 4. No warehouseman or other per-
son shall issue any second or duplicate
receipt, acceptance, or other vouchers,
for or upon any such property while any
former receipt, acceptance or voucher,
for or upon any such property, or any
part thereof, shall be outstanding and
uncancelled without writing or printing
in red ink across the face of the same
the word duplicate"
Sec. s. No warehouseman or other
person shall sell. or incumber. conceal
ship, transfer, or in any manner remove
beyond his immediate control, any such
property for which receipt shall have
been given by him as aforesaid. without
the written order or assent of the person
holding such receipt.
Sec. 8. Warehouse receipts given fol
any such property stored or deposited
with any warehouseman may be trans
ferred by Endorsement thereof, and any
person to whom the same may be trans
ferred shall be deemed to be the owner
of the property therein specified. SO IA
as to give validity to any pledge, lien
or transfer, made or created by any sucl
person; but no property shall be deliver
ed except on surrender and cancellation
of the original receipt, or the endorse
ment of such delivery thereon in case o
: partial delivery All warehouse receipts
however, which shall have the word
mot negotiable" plainly written o
stamped on the face thereof, shall be ex
empt from the provisions Of this section
Sec. T. So much OF sections five and ST.
as forbids the delivery Of property excep
on surrender and cancellation Of tn
original receipt, or the endorsement o
such delivery thereon, in case of partia
delivery, shall not apply to property re
plevied or removed by operation of Law
Sec. 8. Every warehouseman or othe
1 person who shall wilfully violate an
provision Of this chapter shall be fine
|. not moro than one thousand dollars. @
g Imprisoned not more than three years, o
: both; and any person aggrieved by tn
9 violation Of any such provisions ma
l. maintain an action against any perso
y violating any of said provisions, to re
: cover all damages, immediate or const
= quential, which he may have sustained b
u reason Of any such violation, whetht
6 such person shall have been convicte
!, of such violation or not.
n Sec. Q. Every public warehouseman, {
4, other person engaged In the warehou:
q or storage business or who shall ha,
stored goods for another. who shall HAY
d in his possession any such property b
Is virtue of an agreement for the storae
l. thereof with the owner OF such proper'
or person having legal right to sto
n the game, shall have a lien for Il
" agreed storage charges on such propert
n or. where no charges have been agree
l. on, for the reasonable storage charg
ut thereon, and. where shall be due and u
DR. paid six months storage charges cher
Or on. may sell such property at public au