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track at its depot, or at any warehouse adjoin- 

 ing its track, without distinction, discrimina- 

 tion, or favor, between one shipper and another, 

 or as to the manner in which the grain is 

 offered, or the person, warehouse, or place, to 

 which it is assigned. The companies are re- 

 quired to weigh the grain and give a receipt 

 for it, and to deliver the full amount without 

 deduction for leakage, shrinkage, or other 

 loss. Any deficit has to be made up by the 

 company, and, if it refuses to weigh the grain, 

 the sworn statement of the shipper will be re- 

 ceived as establishing the amount. The rail- 

 road companies are required to keep scales, 

 and other necessary apparatus, at all stations 

 from which 50,000 bushels were shipped dur- 

 ing the previous year. In addition to the lia- 

 bility to make up all deficits in the amount of 

 grain delivered, the companies are subject to a 

 fine of $100 for every violation of the law. 

 If they neglect or refuse to deliver the grain 

 to the elevator or warehouse to which it is 

 sent, provided the same can be reached by any 

 track owned or leased by them, or maintained 

 by the warehouse, they are liable for all dam- 

 age and loss, together with costs and fees in 

 the prosecution. A second refusal incurs a 

 fine of $1,000, and, "in case any railroad cor- 

 poration shall be found guilty of having vio- 

 lated, failed or omitted to observe and comply 

 with the requirements of this section, or any 

 part thereof, three or more times, it shall be 

 lawful for any person interested to apply to a 

 court of chancery, and obtain the appoint- 

 ment of a receiver, to take charge of and 

 manage such railroad corporation, until all 

 damages, penalties, costs, and expenses ad- 

 judged against such corporation, for any and 

 every violation, shall, together with interest, 

 be fully satisfied." Consignments may be 

 changed as to the places of delivery any time 

 before actual delivery is made, and, if notice 

 is given to the agents of the railroad company, 

 they are compelled to deliver in accordance 

 with the changed assignment, or be deemed to 

 have appropriated the property to their own 

 use, and become liable to pay double its value. 

 The consignee is allowed twenty-four hours, 

 free of expense, after notice of the arrival of 

 the grain, in which to remove the same from 

 the cars, during which time the cars must be 

 kept in a convenient place for unloading. 

 Railroads are also required to receive and de- 

 liver all grain, consigned to their care for trans- 

 portation, at the crossings and junctions of all 

 other railroads, canals, and navigable rivers. 



An act was also passed to " regulate public 

 warehouses, and warehousing and inspection 

 of grain, and to give effect to article 13 of 

 the constitution of this State." Section one 

 divides all warehouses in the State into three 

 classes, styled "A," "B," and "0," and sec- 

 tion two defines the characteristics of each, as 

 follows : Class A shall embrace all warehouses, 

 elevators, or granaries, in which grain is 

 stored in bulk, and in which the grain of dif- 



ferent owners is mixed together, or in which 

 grain is stored in such a manner that the iden- 

 tity of different lots or parcels cannot be accu- 

 rately preserved, such warehouses, elevators, 

 or granaries being located in cities having not 

 less than one hundred thousand inhabitants. 

 Class B shall embrace all other warehouses, 

 elevators, or granaries, in which grain is stored 

 in bulk, and in which the grain of different 

 owners is mixed together. Class C shall em- 

 brace all other warehouses, or places where 

 property of any kind is stored for a considera- 

 tion. Section three requires all proprietors, 

 lessees, etc., of public warehouses of Class A 

 to obtain a license from the circuit court of 

 the county in which such warehouse is situ- 

 ated, which shall be revocable by the court 

 issuing it, upon proof of any violation of law. 

 Section four requires the parties receiving a 

 license to give bond in the sum of $100,000 

 for full compliance with all laws relating to 

 warehouses. Section five imposes a penalty 

 not less than $100 nor more than $500 for 

 each day any person may transact the business 

 of warehouse A without a license. Section 

 six makes it the duty of every warehouseman 

 of Class A to receive for storage any grain 

 that may be tendered to him, in the usual 

 manner in which warehouses are accustomed 

 to receive the same in the ordinary and usual 

 course of business, not making any discrimina- 

 tion between persons desiring to avail them- 

 selves of warehouse facilities such grain, in 

 all cases, to be first inspected and graded by a 

 duly-authorized inspector ; and no grain shall 

 be delivered from such warehouses unless it be 

 inspected on the delivery thereof by a duly- 

 authorized inspector of grain. Section seven 

 regulates the manner of issuing receipts, and 

 provides that, if the grain was received from 

 railroad-oars, the number of each car shall be 

 stated upon the receipt, with the amount it 

 contained ; if from canal-boat or other vessel, 

 the name of such craft ; if from teams or oth- 

 er means, the manner of its receipt shall be 

 stated on its face. Section eight provides that 

 upon the delivery of grain from store, upon 

 any receipt, such receipt shall be plainly 

 marked across its face with the word " can- 

 celled," and shall thereafter be void. Section 

 nine prohibits the issuance of any receipt for 

 grain not received, and provides that, when, at 

 the request of owners, lots, for which receipts 

 have been issued, shall be divided or consoli- 

 dated, the fact shall be stated on the face 

 of the new receipt ; that the old receipt shall 

 be destroyed, and that no such consolidation 

 of receipts bearing dates differing more than 

 ten days shall be allowed. Section ten pro- 

 hibits warehousemen from inserting, in any 

 receipt issued by them, any language in any 

 wise limiting or modifying their liability or re- 

 sponsibility as imposed by the laws of that 

 State. Section eleven requires the prompt 

 delivery, upon presentation of receipts prop- 

 erly indorsed and the payment of all charges, 



