§181. Liability of masters as carriers

If any shipper of platina, gold, gold dust, silver, bullion, or other precious metals, coins, jewelry, bills of any bank or public body, diamonds, or other precious stones, or any gold or silver in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, watches, clocks, or timepieces of any description, trinkets, orders, notes, or securities for payment of money, stamps, maps, writings, title deeds, printings, engravings, pictures, gold or silver plate or plated articles, glass, china, silks in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with any other material, furs, or lace, or any of them, contained in any parcel, or package, or trunk, shall lade the same as freight or baggage, on any vessel, without at the time of such lading giving to the master, clerk, agent, or owner of such vessel receiving the same a written notice of the true character and value thereof, and having the same entered on the bill of lading therefor, the master and owner of such vessel shall not be liable as carriers thereof in any form or manner; nor shall any such master or owner be liable for any such goods beyond the value and according to the character thereof so notified and entered.

(R.S. §4281.)

Codification

R.S. §4281 derived from act Feb. 28, 1871, ch. 100, §69, 16 Stat. 458 .

Short Title

Sections 190 to 196 of this Appendix are popularly known as the "Harter Act".

Cross References

Amount of liability when nature and value of goods not declared, see section 1304 of this Appendix.

Sections unaffected by sections 190 to 195 of this Appendix, see section 196 of this Appendix.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 196, 1308 of this Appendix; title 16 section 1443.