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–167– -167Article D—Criminal Offenses § 1831. Issue of receipt for goods not received Whoever, being a warehouseman, or an officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which it is issued have not been actually received by the warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 1832. Issue of receipt containing false statement Whoever, being a warehouseman, or an officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods, knowing that it contains any false statement, shall, for each such offense, be hned not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 1833. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked Whoever, being a warehouseman, or an officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate," except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for by section 1787 of this title, shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 1834. Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not state that fact Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state the ownership, shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 1835. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt Except in the cases provided for by sections 1787 and 1809 of this title, whoever, being a warehouseman, or an officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, deliver goods out of the possession of the warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of the receipt at or before the time of the delivery, shallj for each such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned m jail not more than one year, or both. § 1836. Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods Whoever deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and takes for the goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both.

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