UNIFORM BILLS OF LADING ACT

Act 165 of 1911

AN ACT to provide for uniform bills of lading, to fix the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


482.1-482.43 Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to uniform bills of lading act.





482.44 Bills; issuance for goods not received, penalty.

Sec. 44.

     Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill knowing that all or any part of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8217 ;-- CL 1929, 11559 ;-- CL 1948, 482.44





482.45 Bills; false statement, penalty.

Sec. 45.

     Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill 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 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8218 ;-- CL 1929, 11560 ;-- CL 1948, 482.45





482.46 Bills; issuance of duplicate not so marked, penalty.

Sec. 46.

     Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill for goods in violation of the provisions of section 7, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8219 ;-- CL 1929, 11561 ;-- CL 1948, 482.46





482.47 Bills; negotiation without title, penalty.

Sec. 47.

     Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill 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 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8220 ;-- CL 1929, 11562 ;-- CL 1948, 482.47





482.48 Bills; negotiation when goods not in carrier's possession, penalty.

Sec. 48.

     Any person who with intent to deceive negotiates or transfers for value a bill knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms of such bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill, are not in the possession or control of such carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8221 ;-- CL 1929, 11563 ;-- CL 1948, 482.48





482.49 Bills; inducing carrier to issue when goods have not been received, penalty.

Sec. 49.

     Any person who with intent to defraud secures the issue by a carrier of a bill, knowing that at the time of such issue any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have not been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent or servant of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received by such carrier, or are under its control, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8222 ;-- CL 1929, 11564 ;-- CL 1948, 482.49





482.50 Bills; issuance of non-negotiable bill not so marked, penalty.

Sec. 50.

     Any person who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a non-negotiable bill without the words “not negotiable” placed plainly upon the face thereof, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.


History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8223 ;-- CL 1929, 11565 ;-- CL 1948, 482.50





482.51-482.56 Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to uniform bills of lading act of 1911.



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