All package freight unloaded by railroad companies in their depots or warehouses, and all freight which, in order to release cars, is unloaded in the yard space of a railroad company and not removed by the owner therefrom within forty-eight (48) hours, computing from seven o'clock a.m., of the day following legal notice of arrival, may be subject to the charge of storage for each day, or fraction of a day, it may remain in custody of the railroad company as follows: In less than car loads, not more than one cent ($0.01) per hundred pounds per day, or fraction thereof. In car load lots, and not more than ten cents ($0.10) per ton of two thousand (2,000) pounds per day, or fraction thereof, but not exceeding One Dollar ($1.00) per car per day, or fraction of a day: Provided, that in no case shall the amount so collected for storage of a less than car load shipment exceed the amount authorized to be charged as storage or demurrage on a car load of similar freight for the same length of time when not unloaded from car as hereinbefore provided.

R.L. 1910, § 1420.