1779

If the carrier by reason of well-founded suspicions as to the correctness of the declaration of the contents of a package should determine to examine it, he shall do so before witnesses, in the presence of the shipper or of the consignee.\nIf the shipper or consignee to be cited should not appear, the examination shall be made before a notary, who shall draft a certificate of the result of the examination, for the proper purposes.\nIf the declaration of the shipper should be correct the expenses caused by the examination and those of carefully repacking the packages shall be defrayed by the carrier, and in a contrary case by the shipper.\nHistory —Commerce Code, 1932, § 275.