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[TITLE 38. Table of Contents]
38-4-4 Unclaimed shipments - Delivery to warehouseman.
Whenever any railroad company or other common carrier,
except an express company, shall have transported any baggage
or freight to the place of consignment within this state,
and the owner, consignee or person entitled to receive the
same shall omit, for the period of sixty days after the arrival
of the baggage or freight at the place of consignment, to
accept and remove the same and pay the charges thereon, it
shall be lawful for such carrier to deliver such freight
for storage to some person or company conducting the business
of storing goods, subject to the charges thereon for transportation,
storage by the carrier and conveyance and drayage to the
place of storage, accompanied by a copy of the bill of lading
in case of freight, or, in case of baggage, by a statement
of the place from which, and the place to which, such baggage
was transported, together with the check numbers; and any
carrier whose route reaches into this state may collect and
store as aforesaid at any station in this state the unclaimed
freight from all or any points or stations on its line within
this state.
1953
