1. If no person calls for the freight or other property received by the railroad, express company or other common carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant or warehouseman within 60 days from the receipt thereof, the carrier, forwarding merchant, commission merchant or warehouseman may sell the property, or so much thereof, at auction to the highest bidders, as will pay freight and other just and reasonable charges, first having given notice as provided in subsection 2.
2. The railroad, express company or other common carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant or warehouseman shall, before the sale provided for in subsection 1, give notice of the time and place of sale to the owner, consignee or consignor, when known, and by advertisement in a daily newspaper 10 days, or if a weekly newspaper, 4 weeks, published where the sale is to take place. If there is no newspaper published at the place where the sale is to take place, notice shall be given by posting a notice of the sale conspicuously in at least three public places.
3. If any surplus is left after paying freight, storage, cost of advertising and other reasonable charges, the same must be paid over to the owner of the property at any time thereafter, on demand being made therefor within 6 months after the sale.
4. Any trunk or valise, with its contents, shall be held 6 months before being advertised for sale.
[5:42:1875; BH § 4968; C § 5034; RL § 541; NCL § 641]
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