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storage business must not issue any receipt or voucher for any merchandise, grain, or other product or thing of value, to any person purporting to be the owner thereof, nor to any person as security for any indebtedness or for the performance of any obligation, unless such merchandise, grain, or other product, commodity, or thing has been, in good faith, received by such warehouseman, wharfinger, or other person, and is in his store or under his control at the time of issuing his receipt; nor must any second receipt for any such property be issued while a former receipt for any part thereof is outstanding and uncanceled. 1905-612.

1858a. No warehouseman, wharfinger, or other person must sell or encumber, ship, transfer, or remove beyond his immediate control any property for which a receipt has been given, without the consent in writing of the person holding such receipt plainly indorsed thereon in ink. 1905-612.

1858b. Warehouse-receipts for property stored are of two classes: first, transferable or negotiable; and second, non-transferable or nonnegotiable. Under the first of these classes the property is transferable by indorsement of the party to whose order such receipt was issued, and such indorsement is a valid transfer of the property represented by the receipt, and may be in blank or to the order of another. All warehouse-receipts must distinctly state on their face for what they are issued and its brands and distinguishing marks and the rate of storage per month or season, and, in the case of grain, the kind, the number of sacks, and pounds. If a receipt is not negotiable, it must have printed across its face, in red ink, in bold, distinct letters, the word "non-negotiable." 1905-612.

1858c. If a negotiable receipt is issued for any property, neither the person issuing it nor any other person into whose care or control the property comes must deliver any part thereof without indorsing on the back of the receipt, in ink, the amount and date of the delivery; nor can he be allowed to make any offset, claim, or demand other than is expressed on the face of the receipt, when called upon to deliver any property for which it was issued. 1905-612.

1858d. If a non-negotiable receipt is issued for any property, neither the person issuing nor any other person in whose care or control the property comes must deliver any part thereof, except upon the written order of the person to whom the receipt was issued. 1905-612.

1858e. No warehouseman or other person doing a general storage business is responsible for any loss or damage to property by fire while in his custody, if he exercises reasonable care and diligence for its protection and preservation. 1905-613.

1858f. Every warehouseman, wharfinger, or other person who violates any of the provisions of sections eighteen hundred and fifty-eight to eighteen hundred and fifty-eight e, inclusive, is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the state prison not exceeding five years, or both. He is also liable to any person aggrieved by such violation for all damages, immediate or cosequent, which he may have sustained therefrom, which damages may be recovered by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, whether the offender has been convicted or not. 1905 -613.

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1859. Liability, hotel keeper, etc. 1861a. Apartment house liens, etc. 1860. Exemption, etc. 1862. Unclaimed baggage.

1861. Liens on baggage generally. 1863. Posting charges.

1859. The liability of an innkeeper, hotelkeeper, boarding and lodging house keeper, for losses of or injuries to personal property, other than money placed by his guests, boarders, or lodgers under his care, is that of a depositary for hire; provided, however, that in no case shall such liability exceed the sum of one hundred dollars for each trunk and its contents, fifty dollars for each valise or traveling bag and contents, and ten dollars for each box, bundle, or package and contents so placed under his care, and all other miscellaneous effects including wearing apparel and personal belongings, two hundred fifty dollars; unless he shall have consented in writing with the owner thereof to assume a greater liability.

Sec. 2. All other acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 1921-149.

1860. If an innkeeper, hotel keeper, boarding house or lodging house keeper, keeps a fireproof safe and gives notice to a guest, boarder or lodger, either personally or by putting up a printed notice in a prominent place in the office or the room occupied by the guest, boarder, or lodger, that he keeps such a safe and will not be liable for money, jewelry, documents, furs, fur coats and fur garments, or other articles of unusual value and small compass, unless placed therein, he is not liable, except so far as his own acts shall contribute thereto, for any loss of or injury to such articles, if not deposited with him to be placed therein, nor in any case for more than the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for any or all such property of any individual guest, boarder, or lodger, unless he shall have given a receipt in writing therefor to such guest, boarder or lodger.

Sec. 2. All other acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed: 1921-149.

1861. Hotel, inn, boarding-house and lodging-house keepers shall have a lien upon the baggage and other property belonging to or legally under the control of their guests, or boarders, or lodgers which may be in such hotel, inn, or boarding or lodging-house for the proper charges due from such guests, or boarders, or lodgers, for their accommodation, board and lodging and room rent, and such extras as are furnished at their request, and for all money paid for or advanced to such guests, or boarders or lodgers, and for the costs of enforcing such lien, with the right to possession of such baggage and other property until such charges and moneys are paid; and unless such charges and moneys shall be paid within sixty days from the time when the same become due, said hotel, inn, boarding-house or lodging house keeper may sell said baggage and property at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving notice of such sale by publication of a notice containing the name of the debtor, the amount due, a brief description of the property to be sold, and the time and place of such sale, once every week for four successive weeks prior to the day of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said hotel, inn, boarding-house or lodging-house is situated and also by mailing, at

least fifteen (15) days before such sale, a copy of such notice addressed to such guest, boarder or lodger at his post office address, if known, and if not known, such notice shall be addressed to such guest, boarder or lodger at the place where such hotel, inn, boarding-house or lodging-house is situated; and after satisfying such lien out of the proceeds of such sale together with any reasonable costs that may have been incurred in enforcing said lien, the residue of said proceeds of sale, if any, shall upon demand made within six months after such sale, be paid by said hotel, inn, boardinghouse, or lodging-house keeper to such guest, boarder or lodger; and if not demanded within six months from the date of such sale, such residue shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which such sale took place; and if the same be not claimed by the owner thereof, or his legal representatives, within one year thereafter, the same shall be paid into the general fund of said county; and such sale shall be a perpetual bar to any action against said hotel, inn, boarding-house or lodging-house keeper for the recovery of such baggage or property or of the value thereof, or for any damages growing out of the failure of such guest, boarder or lodger to receive such baggage or property; provided, however, that if any baggage or property becoming subject to the lien herein provided for does not belong to the guest, lodger or boarder who incurred the charges or indebtedness secured thereby, at the time when such charges or indebtedness was incurred, and if the hotel, inn, boarding or lodging-house keeper entitled to such lien receives notice of such fact at any time before the sale of such baggage or property hereunder, then, and in that event, such baggage and property which is subject to said lien and did not belong to said guest, boarder or lodger at the time when such charges or indebtedness was incurred shall not be subject to sale in the manner hereinbefore provided, but such baggage and property may be sold in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure for the sale of property under a writ of execution, to satisfy a judgment obtained in any action brought to recover the said charges or indebtedness. 1915-1285.

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1861a. Keepers of furnished apartment houses shall have a lien upon the baggage and other property of value belonging to their tenant's or guests, which may be in such furnished apartment house, for the proper charges due from such tenants or guests, for their accommodation, rent, services, meals, and such extras as furnished at their request, and for all moneys expended for them, at their request, and for the costs of enforcing such lien, with the right to the possession of such baggage and other property of value until such charges are paid, and such moneys are repaid; and unless such charges shall be paid and unless such moneys shall be repaid within sixty days from the time when such charges and moneys, respectively, become due, said keeper of a furnished apartment house may sell said baggage and property, at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving notice of such sale by publication of a notice containing the name of the debtor, the amount due, a brief description of the property to be sold, and at the time and place of such sale, once every week, for four successive weeks, prior to the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said furnished apartment house is situated, and also by mailing, at least fifteen days prior to the date of sale, a copy of such notice addressed to such tenant or guest at his post-office address, if known, and if not known, such notice shall be addressed to such tenant or guest at the place where such furnished apartment house is situated; and, after satisfying such lien out of the proceeds of such sale, together with any reasonable

costs that may have been incurred in enforcing said lien, the residue of said proceeds of sale, if any, shall, upon demand made within six months after such sale, be paid by said keeper of a furnished apartment house to such tenant or guest; and if not demaded within six months from the date of such sale, said residue, if any, shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which such sale took place; and if the same be not claimed by the owner thereof, or his legal representative, within one year thereafter, it shall be paid into the general fund of the county; and such sale shall be a perpetual bar to any action against said keeper of a furnished apartment house for the recovery of such baggage or property, or of the value thereof, or for any damages growing out of the failure of such tenant or guest to receive such baggage or property. 1917— 1662.

1862. Whenever any trunk, carpet-bag, valise, box, bundle, or other baggage has heretofore come, or shall hereafter come into the possession of the keeper of any hotel, inn, boarding or lodginghouse, as such, and has remained or shall remain unclaimed for the period of six months, such keeper may proceed to sell the same at public auction, and out of the proceeds of such sale may retain the charges for storage, if any, and the expenses of advertising and sale thereof;; but no such sale shall be made until the expiration of four weeks from the first publication of notice of such sale in a newspaper published in or nearest the city, town, village, or place in which said hotel, inn, boarding or lodging-house is situated. Said notice shall be published once a week, for four successive weeks, in some newspaper, daily or weekly, of general circulation, and shall contain a description of each trunk, carpet-bag, valise, box, bundle, or other baggage, as near as may be; the name of the owner, if known; the name of such keeper, and the time and place of sale; and the expenses incurred for advertising shall be a lien upon such trunk, carpet-bag, valise, box, bundle, or other baggage, in a ratable proportion, according to the value of such piece of property, or thing, or article sold; and in case any balance arising from such sale shall not be claimed by the rightful owner within one week from the day of said sale, the same shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which such sale took place; and if the same be not claimed by the owner thereof, or his legal representatives, within one year thereafter, the same shall be paid into the general fund of said county. 1875-78.

1863. Every keeper of a hotel, inn, boarding or lodging-house, shall post in a conspicuous place in the office or public room, and in every bedroom of said hotel, boarding-house, inn, or lodginghouse, a printed copy of this section, and a statement of charge or rate of charges by the day, and for meals or items furnished, and for lodging. No charge or sum shall be collected or received by any such person for any service not actually rendered, or for any item not actually delivered, or for any greater or other sum than he is entitled to by the general rules and regulations of said hotel, inn, boarding or lodging house. For any violation of this section, or any provision herein contained, the offender shall forfeit to the injured party three times the amount of the sum charged in excess of what he is enttiled to. 1875-79.

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1869. When finder may sell.

1865. Finder, property, generally. 1870. Sale, how made.

1866. Claimant, prove ownership. 1867. Reward, to finder.

1868. Finder may place in storage.

1871. Ownership going to finder. 1872. Property abandoned.

1864. One who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it, but if he does so he is thenceforward a depositary for the owner, with the rights and obligations of a depositary for hire.

1865. If the finder of a thing, other than a domestic animal, takes possession thereof, or if a person saves any such animal from drowning or starvation, he must, within a reasonable time, inform the owner thereof, if known, and make restitution to him upon demand, without compensation, except a reasonable charge for saving and caring therefor. If the owner is not known to such finder or saver, he must, within five days, file an affidavit with the justice of the peace of the county whose office is nearest to the place of such finding or saving, particularly describing the property and the time, place, and circumstances under which it was found or saved. Such justice must then summon three disinterested persons to appraise the property. They, or a majority of them, must make two lists of the valuation and description of the property, by them verified, and deliver one of such lists to the justice of the peace, to be kept by him on file in his office, and the other list must be delivered to such finder or saver, who must, within five days thereafter, cause it to be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county, who must record it in a book known as the "Estray and Lost Property Book." 1905-613.

1866. The finder of a thing may, in good faith, before giving it up, require reasonable proof of ownership from any person claiming it.

1867. The finder of a thing is entitled to compensation for all expenses necessarily incurred by him in its preservation, and for any other service necessarily performed by him about it, and to a reasonable reward for keeping it.

1868. The finder of a thing may exonerate himself from liability at any time by placing it on storage with any responsible person of good character, at a reasonable expense.

1869. The finder of a thing may sell it, if it is a thing which is commonly the subject of sale, when the owner cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found, or being found, refuses upon demand to pay the lawful charges of the finder, in the following cases:

1. When the thing is in danger of perishing, or of losing the greater part of its value;; or,

2. When the lawful charges of the finder amount to two-thirds of its value.

1870. A sale under the provisions of the last section must be made in the same manner as the sale of a thing pledged.

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