tract of the parties had been to transfer, without a receipt, the goods represented thereby.

SEC. 45. Indorser not a Guarantor. The indorsement of a receipt shall not make the indorser liable for any failure on the part of the warehouseman or previous indorsers of the receipt to fulfil their respective obligations.

SEC. 46. No Warranty Implied from Accepting Payment of a Debt. A mortgagee, pledgee, or holder for security of a receipt who in good faith demands or receives payment of the debt for which such receipt is security, whether from a party to a draft drawn for such debt or from any other person, shall not by so doing be deemed to represent or to warrant the genuineness of such receipt or the quantity or quality of the goods therein described.

SEC. 47. When Negotiation not Impaired by Fraud, Mistake, or Duress. The validity of the negotiation of a receipt is not impaired by the fact that such negotiation was a breach of duty on the part of the person making the negotiation, or by the fact that the owner of the receipt was induced by fraud, mistake, or duress to entrust the possession or custody of the receipt to such person, if the person to whom the receipt was negotiated, or a person to whom the receipt was subsequently negotiated, paid value therefor, without notice of the breach of duty, or of the fraud, mistake, or duress.

SEC. 48. Subsequent Negotiation. Where a person having sold, mortgaged, or pledged goods which are in a warehouse and for which a negotiable receipt has been issued, or having sold, mortgaged, or pledged the negotiable receipt representing such goods, continues in possession of the negotiable receipt, the subsequent negotiation thereof by that person under any sale, or other disposition thereof to any person receiving the same in good faith, for value, and without notice of the previous sale, mortgage, or pledge, shall have the same effect as if the first purchaser of the goods or receipt had expressly authorized the subsequent negotiation.

SEC. 49. Negotiation Defeats Vendor's Lien. Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu shall defeat the rights of any purchaser for value in good faith to whom such receipt has been negotiated, whether such negotiation be prior or subsequent to the notification to the warehouseman who issued such receipt of the seller's claim to a lien or right of stoppage in transitu; nor shall the warehouseman be obliged to deliver or justified in delivering the goods to an unpaid seller unless the receipt is first surrendered for cancellation.

PART IV.

CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

SEC. 50. Issue of Receipt for Goods not Received. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both.

SEC. 51. Issue of Receipt containing False Statement. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

SEC. 52. Issue of Duplicate Receipts not so Marked. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who 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 in section fourteen, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both.

SEC. 53. 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, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents, or servants, who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

SEC. 54. Delivery of Goods without obtaining Negotiable Receipt. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining

the possession of such receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in sections fourteen and thirty-six, be found guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

SEC. 55. Negotiation of Receipt for Mortgaged Goods. Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such 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 be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

PART V.

INTERPRETATION.

SEC. 56. When Rules of Common Law still Applicable. In any case not provided for in this act, the rules of law and equity, including the law merchant, and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and to the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other invalidating cause, shall govern.

SEC. 57. Interpretation shall give Effect to Purpose of Uniformity. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

SEC. 58. Definitions. (1) In this act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise requires, "action" includes counterclaim, set-off, and suit in equity; "delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another; "fungible goods" means goods of which any unit is, from its nature or by mercantile custom, treated as the equivalent of any other unit; "goods" means chattels or merchandise in storage, or which has been or is about to be stored; "holder" of a receipt means a person who has both actual possession of such receipt and a right of property therein; "order" means an order by indorsement on the receipt; "owner" does not include mortgagee or pledgee; "person" includes a corporation, or partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest; to "purchase" includes to take as mortgagee or as pledgee; "purchaser" includes mortgagee and pledgee; "receipt means a warehouse receipt; "value" is any consideration suf

ficient to support a simple contract; an antecedent or pre-existing obligation, whether for money or not, constitutes value where a receipt is taken either in satisfaction thereof or as security therefor; "warehouseman" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods for profit. (2) A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this act, when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not.

SEC. 59. Act does not Apply to Existing Receipts. The provisions of this act do not apply to receipts made and delivered prior to the taking effect of this act.

SEC. 60. Inconsistent Legislation Repealed.

Sections

4920 to 4930, both inclusive, of the general statutes, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 61. Name of Act. This act may be cited as the Warehouse Receipts Act.

Approved, July 17, 1907.

[Substitute for Senate Bill No. 112.]

CHAPTER 221.

An Act concerning the Registration, Numbering, Use, and Speed of Motor Vehicles and the Licensing of Operators of such Vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

"motor vehicle" defined.

(6 Whenever the term SECTION 1. motor vehicle is used Term in this act, except when otherwise expressly provided, it shall include all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular, except road-rollers, street sprinklers, fire engines and apparatus, police patrol wagons, ambulances, and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks.

certificate.

SEC. 2. Every owner of one or more motor vehicles shall Statement file in the office of the secretary of the state, on a blank furnished by said secretary, a statement of his name, residence, and post office address, and a brief description of each motor vehicle owned or controlled by him, including the name of the maker, the number, if any, affixed by the maker, the character of the motor power, and the amount of such motor power stated in figures of horse power as advertised by the maker thereof, and such other information as shall be required by said secretary. The said secretary shall then register such motor vehicle, assigning to it a distinguishing number or mark, and shall thereupon issue to the owner thereof a certificate of registration which shall contain the name, place of residence, and post office address

and

Registration by manufacturers and dealers.

Markers to be displayed on front and rear of motor vehicles.

Certificate number to be dis

bicycle.

of the owner, and the number or mark assigned to such motor vehicle, and such certificate shall at all times be carried upon such motor vehicle and shall be subject to examination upon demand by any proper officer. The certificates provided for

in this section and in section three shall continue in force until one year from the date of issue, and upon the renewal of any such certificate said secretary shall reassign the distinguishing number or mark contained therein.

SEC. 3. Every manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicles may, instead of registering each motor vehicle owned or controlled by him, make application to said secretary for a general distinguishing number or mark, and said secretary may, if satisfied as to the facts stated in said application, issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the name, place of residence, and post office address of the applicant, and the general distinguishing number or mark assigned to him; and all motor vehicles owned or controlled by such manufacturer or dealer shall, until sold, or let for hire, be regarded as registered under, and have assigned to them, such general distinguishing number or mark. Manufacturers or dealers shall not be required to carry such certificates upon the vehicles registered under the provisions of this section, but every person operating a motor vehicle registered under the provisions of this section shall display on such vehicle, in such manner as the secretary may prescribe, the operator's license number assigned to such

person.

SEC. 4. Every motor vehicle, except motor bicycles, shall, at all times while being used or operated upon the public highways of this state, have displayed in a conspicuous place and manner a plate or marker, entirely unobscured, and securely fastened, upon both the front and the rear of such motor vehicle, the plate or marker on the rear thereof to be fastened so as not to swing. Said plates or markers shall be obtained from the secretary of the state as hereinafter provided, and shall bear the initial letter of this state and the number or mark assigned to such motor vehicle, the letter and figures thereon to be not less than four inches high and each stroke thereof to be not less than one-half inch wide.

SEC. 5. Every motor bicycle shall, at all times while being played on motor used or operated upon the public highways of this state, have displayed thereon the initial letter of this state and the number or mark assigned to such motor bicycle, such letter and figures to be at least one inch high and either painted on such motor bicycle or displayed on a plate or marker securely fastened thereto; and no motor bicycle shall be operated with its muffler

Secretary to keep record of statements filed and certificates issued.

open.

SEC. 6. The secretary of the state shall keep a record of all statements filed with him and of all certificates issued by him,