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Rights of

good faith

when

the goods or receipt had expressly authorized the subsequent negotiation.

SEC. 49. Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu shall defeat purchaser in the rights of any purchaser for value in good faith to whom not defeated, such receipt has been negotiated, whether such negotiations 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 cancelation.

False receipt.

when issue of is crime

False

receipt punished

SEC. 50. 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. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudustatement in lently 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.

Fraudulent

punished

SEC. 52. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate receipts, how 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 14, 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.

Other

fraudulent

SEC. 53. Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or acts, crimes 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.

Unlawful

SEC. 54. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant delivery of of a warehouseman who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the

goods a

crime

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 14 and 36, 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.

who has no

SEC. 55. Any person who deposits goods to which he has Deposit of not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who goods by one takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards title a crime 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.

and equity to

SEC. 56. In any case not provided for in this act, the rules Rules of law of law and equity, including the law merchant, and in par- govern ticular 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 gov

ern.

SEC. 57. 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. (1) In this act, unless the context or subject- Definition of matter otherwise requires

"Action" includes counter-claim, 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 storeage, 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 common interest.

To "purchase" includes to take as mortagee or as pledgee. "Purchaser" includes mortgagee and pledgee.

"Receipt" means a warehouse receipt.

"Value" is any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. An antecedent or preexisting 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.

terms used in this act

Not retroactive

Repeal

Title of act

Truckee

river district

(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. The provisions of this act do not apply to receipts made and delivered prior to the taking effect of this act. SEC. 60. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 61. This act shall be known as the Warehouse Receipts Law.

CHAP. 270-An Act to provide for the protection and preservation of trout and other fish in the waters of the State of Nevada and other matters pertaining thereto, and to state in part what shall be evidence of its violation, and to prescribe penalties for its violation, and to provide for its enforcement, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

[Approved March 26, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. For the purposes to be specified within this act, all the waters of the Truckee river, including its tributaries divided into and the waters to which it is tributary, lying within the two districts boundaries of the State of Nevada, shall be divided into two distinct and separate districts or subdivisions, said districts or subdivisions to be known and specified in the provisions of this act as Truckee river district number one and Truckee river district number two.

SEC. 2. Truckee river district number one shall consist District No. 1 of all the waters of the Truckee river, together with its tributaries lying west of the point commonly known and designated as the government dam in the vicinity of Derby and extending to the boundary line of the State of Nevada, and the State of California.

SEC. 3. Truckee river district number two shall consist District No. 2 of all the waters of the Truckee river and the waters to which it is tributary, lying east of the point commonly known and designated as the government dam in the vicinity of Derby.

first district

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, Fish laws for firm, company, or corporation, to take, catch or kill, or to attempt to take, catch or kill, any river trout, lake trout, or brook trout, whitefish, or land locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, or large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, in or from any, excepting the waters of Truckee river district number two, of the streams, lakes, rivers or other waters of the State of Nevada, between the sixteenth (16th) day of October of each year and the thirtieth (30th) day of April of the succeeding year, both dates being included.

second

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, Fish laws for company, or corporation, to take, catch, or kill, or to attempt to district take, catch or kill, any river trout, lake trout, or brook trout, whitefish, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, or largemouthed or small-mouthed black bass, in or from any of the waters of the Truckee river district number two, between the sixteenth (16th) day of February of each year, and the thirtieth (30th) day of the following April, both dates being included.

taken only

with hook

SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, Fish to be company or corporation to take, catch, or kill, or to attempt to take, catch or kill, in or from any stream, lake or river, or any and line other waters of the State of Nevada, any trout, salmon or whitefish, bass, perch or any other fish of any species whatever, with any seine, net, spear, set line, set hooks, grab-hook, trot-line or snag-line, or in the manner known as snagging, or with any weir-fence, trap, giant powder or any other explosive, or explosive compound, or with or by means of any bait constituted or prepared in whole or in part of or from the spawn, eggs, or ova of trout, salmon or of any other species of fish whatever, or with or by any means whatever except with hook and line attached to a rod held in the hands and in the manner known as angling; that is, with baited hook, fly hook, spoon hook, or other angler's lure.

Unlawful to

catch fish under certain

SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company or corporation, to kill or to retain in his, their, or its possession any lake trout, river trout, land-locked salmon or lengths royal chinook salmon taken from the waters of this state less than seven inches in length; or any large-mouthed or smallmouthed black bass, less than eight inches in length, or any red-spotted eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) less than six inches in length.

of transpor

limited

SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, rail- Regulation road, railway company or corporation, express company, stage tation line, transportation company, or any common carrier in the companies State of Nevada, to accept or to receive for shipment or for transportation from any one person or in the name of any one firm, company, or association, in any one calendar day, more Amount in than ten pounds of trout, land-locked salmon, or royal chinook m salmon, or of large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, taken or caught in or from any of the waters of the State of Nevada; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as Proviso to prevent the shipment, or receipt or acceptance of ten trout on one calendar day from any single consignor, and it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, company, association, or corporation, transportation company, or common carrier, to offer or present or to receive or accept for shipment, carriage, or transportation, any box, bundle, package, basket, or other container whatsoever, in which are enclosed any of the fishes Packages herein specified unless the box, bundle, basket, package, or inspection other container aforesaid shall be so wrapped, tied or constructed that it shall be easily opened for inspection or exam

subject to

Ten pounds fish the limit

of certain

ination and unless it shall bear a conspicuous label, easily read, which shall state the contents thereof, together with the name and address of the consignor thereof, and the name and address of the consignee; and false statement on the aforesaid label, either as to contents enclosed, or as to the true name or address of the consignor thereof or of the consignee, shall be construed as a violation of this act.

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation, to take, catch, or kill from any of the waters of the State of Nevada or to have in his, their or its possession, on any one calendar day, more than ten pounds of trout, or of land-locked salmon, or royal chinook salmon, or large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, or whitefish caught But ten fish in the waters of this state; provided, that nothing in this act shall be so interpreted as to prevent or to prohibit the taking of ten trout, or salmon, or other fish specified in this act.

allowed

Certain fishing prohibited

within 100 feet of fishway

Certain fishing

prohibited within one

mile of U. S. dam

prohibited

SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the State of Nevada, at any time, or season, to take, catch, or kill or to attempt so to take, catch, or kill, any lake trout, river trout, brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, or any other species of fish, whatever, within the distance of one hundred feet above or below, any dam, in this state containing a fishway or fish ladder.

SEC. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation in the State of Nevada, to take, catch, or kill, or to attempt to take, catch or kill, any lake trout, river trout, brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, whitefish, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, or any other fish of any species whatever, at any time, or season, whatever, within a distance of one mile below any dam of the United States reclamation service containing a fish-way or fish ladder and lying within the State of Nevada.

SEC. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, Night fishing firm, company or corporation in the State of Nevada, to take, catch, or kill, or attempt to take, catch, or kill, any lake trout, river trout, or brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, or any other fish, or any species whatever from any of the waters of the State of Nevada, on any calendar day after two hours after sunset, and on any calendar day before one hour before sunrise.

Peace

officers to

enforce act

SEC. 13. The members of the Nevada state police, and every fish or game warden, throughout the state, and every sheriff and constable, in his respective county, is and are hereby authorized and required to enforce this act and to seize any game or fish, taken or held in possession in violation of this act, and he or they shall have full power and authority, and it shall be the duty of every such officer with or without a warrant, to open, enter, or examine all camps, wagons, premises, etc. cars, automobiles, stages, tents, packs, warehouses, stores, out

May enter and inspect

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