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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 166,167. 1910. 301 Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Sec. 3. That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construe- $‘],{“‘3§'°°gg$”“*°d· tion of a bridge across the Wabash River," approved June thirtieth, 'p` ` nineteen hundred and six, is hereby repealed. Approved, April 15, 1910. CHAP. 167.-An Act To make uniform the law of warehouse receipts in the Dis- AP*U15· mm trict of Columbia. [S' 4932*] [enum, so. 137.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H mise of Representatives of the United D. tr. t fc I bi States of America in Congress assembled, That the following rovisions wimiiioiiseiigdptil to make uniform the law of warehouse receipts in the lgistrict. of Columbia shall be in effect on and after the approval of this Act, namely: - PART I. mn ISSUE or wAREHOUsn mtcmvrs. mus- S1·:crroN 1. PERSONS wno MAY ISSUE RECEIPI‘S.·—W&I€h0USB re- ,QQ',.‘}§§f,‘P“°°m°“ ““‘ cegms may be issued by any warehouseman. nc. 2. Foam OF RECEIPfS—ESSENTIAL TEnMs.—Warehouse re- §‘§§,,'§‘,,,,,,e,m,_ ceipts need not be in any particular form, but every such receipt must embody within its written or printed terms- (a) The location of the warehouse where the goods are stored; (b) The date of issue of the recei t; (c) The consecutive number of tlie receipt;. (d) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a s eciiied person, or to a specified person or his order; (e) The rate opstora char es ; (f) A description of ti goods or of the packages containing them; (g) The signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his authorized agent; (li) If the receipt is issued for goods of which the warehouseman is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the fact of such ownership; and (i) A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouseman claims a lien. If the precise amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the time of the issue of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to his agent who issues it, a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient. A warehouseman shall be liable to any person injured thereb for gggbiiitr for ¤¤=i¤+ all damage caused by the omission from a negotiable receipt ofy any sl " of the terms herein required. _ _ Sec. 3. Form or RECEIPTS——WHAT Timms may an msmz·rnn.—A p,,}§,‘§{§g{’,{’°‘ ‘°""' warehouseman may insert in a receipt issued by him any other terms and conditions, provided that such terms and conditions shall not-- (a) Be contrary to the provisions of this Act; (b) In any wise impair his obligation to exercise that degree of care in the safe-keeping of the goods intrusted to him which a reasonably careful man would exercise in regard to similar goods of his own. Sec. 4. Darrxrrrou or Nonxaoorunnn RECEIPT.——A receipt in ,,,f,§§,"},$,‘f,‘{f,§{‘,l"° "` which itis stated that the goods received will be delivered to the degositor, or to any other specified person, is a nonnegotiable receipt. _ Ec. 5. Dmusrrron or Naeorrraann nncn11>*r.—-A receipt in which d,’§§i',§$‘“"‘° '°°‘”*’°’ it is stated that the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, or to the order of any person named in such receipt, is a negotiable receipt. '