Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     30-7-704. Penalty for issuing negotiable receipt for goods which warehouseman owns. 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 1 year or by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by both.

     History: En. Sec. 53, Ch. 154, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4131, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4131, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 88-153.

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