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Article 1990. If the depositary by force majeure

or government order loses the thing and

receives money or another thing in its place, he

shall deliver the sum or other thing to the

depositor. (1777a)

Article 1998. The deposit of effects made by

the travellers in hotels or inns shall also be

regarded as necessary. The keepers of hotels or

inns shall be responsible for them as

depositaries, provided that notice was given to

them, or to their employees, of the effects

brought by the guests and that, on the part of

the latter, they take the precautions which said

hotel-keepers or their substitutes advised

relative to the care and vigilance of their effects.

(1783)