CHAPTER 14. Fraudulent Issue of Documents of Title to Merchandise [577. - 583.]

Chapter 14 enacted 1872.

§§ 577–583 · 6 sections

• § 577 Every person, being the master, owner or agent of any vessel, or officer or agent of any railroad, express or transportation company, or otherwise being or…
• § 578 Every person carrying on the business of a warehouseman, wharfinger, or other depositary of property, who issues any receipt, bill of lading, or other voucher…
• § 579 No person shall be convicted of an offense under Section 577 or 578 by reason that the contents of any barrel, box, case, cask, or other vessel or package…
• § 580 Every person mentioned in this chapter, who issues any second or duplicate receipt or voucher, of a kind specified therein, at a time while any former receipt…
• § 581 Every person mentioned in this chapter, who sells, hypothecates, or pledges any merchandise for which any bill of lading, receipt, or voucher has been issued…
• § 583 Section 581 does not apply where property is demanded or sold by virtue of process of law.