§ 280. Duty of carrier as to unclaimed articles. The proprietors of the several lines of stages and the proprietors of the several canal boat lines, and the proprietors of the several steamboats, who shall have any unclaimed trunks, boxes or baggage within their custody, shall immediately enter the time the same was left, with […]
§ 281. Description to be made and published. In case there shall not be any information obtained as to the owner, it shall be the duty of the person having the possession thereof, to make out a correct written description of all such property as shall have been unclaimed for thirty days, stating the time […]
§ 282. Packages to be opened and contents sold; proceeds of sale. In case the said property shall remain unclaimed for sixty days after the said publication, it shall be the duty of the person or company having possession thereof, to apply to a magistrate of the town or city in which said property is […]
§ 283. Lien for expenses of proceedings. The person making the entry of unclaimed property as above specified, shall be entitled to twelve and a half cents for each trunk, box, bale, package or bundle so entered, and shall have a lien on the property so entered, until payment shall be made; and in case […]
§ 284. Penalty for violation of preceding sections. In case any person shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding sections of this article, he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars for each and every trunk, box or bundle of baggage so neglected as above specified, to the benefit of […]
§ 285. Sale of unclaimed articles by express companies; notice thereof; disposition of proceeds of sale. Every express company, or person engaged in the express business, who shall have had any unclaimed article, goods or things, not perishable, in its or his possession, for a period of one year at least, may proceed to sell […]
§ 286. Surplus to be paid to owner. Such express company, or person engaged in the express business, shall make an entry of the balance of the proceeds of the sale, if any, of each article, goods or thing directed to the same person, as near as can be ascertained, and at any time within […]
§ 287. After five years if unclaimed to be paid to county treasurer. In case such balance shall not be claimed by the rightful owner within five years after the sale as above specified, then it shall be paid to the county treasurer, for the use of the county poor of said county.
