§ 43-19-110. Private Warehouses
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person from establishing a private warehouse for the storage of tobacco.
§ 43-19-111. Tobacco Commercial Year
The “tobacco commercial year” commences and ends on November 1 of each year.
§ 43-19-112. Prosecution for Penalties — Duties of Clerk and District Attorney General — Fees
The county clerk shall attend to all prosecutions for penalties under this chapter, for the use of the state, for which the county clerk shall receive ten percent (10%) on the sums collected and paid into the state treasury. The county clerk may, also, when necessary, call on the district attorney general to give attention […]
§ 43-19-106. Warehouses to Be Floored and Kept in Repair
The proprietor shall fit up the warehouse with plank floors or skids, upon which to place the tobacco, so that the hogsheads may be at least four inches (4″) from the earth. Any proprietor who fails to keep a warehouse in good repair, or to furnish it as in this section provided, shall forfeit two […]
§ 43-19-107. Scales to Be Kept and Tested
The proprietor shall keep good and sufficient scales for weighing tobacco, which shall be tested at the beginning of each tobacco commerical year, and every three (3) months thereafter, by the keeper and sealer of weights for the county, and at any time when written application is made by two (2) or more planters or […]
§ 43-19-108. Breaking Irons for Inspection, and Screws for Cooperage
The proprietor shall also keep the necessary breaking irons for the proper inspection of tobacco, and screws for the proper cooperage and return of loose tobacco to the hogshead after inspection.
§ 43-19-101. Warehouses — Persons Operating
Any person may open a warehouse for the inspection and sale of tobacco under the rules, regulations, and restrictions of this chapter.
§ 43-19-102. Proof of Sufficiency of Warehouse Required
Every person opening a warehouse for the inspection and sale of tobacco shall prove to the county clerk by the testimony of two (2) impartial witnesses known to the clerk to be well qualified, from knowledge and experience, that the person is the proprietor of a good and sufficient warehouse, situated so as to be […]
§ 43-19-103. Bond of Tobacco Warehouseman
Such person shall also enter into bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the county mayor, and payable to the state, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned to keep the warehouse in good condition and repair, so as effectually to protect the tobacco stored in the warehouse, that the […]
§ 43-19-104. Fees Uncollectible Upon Failure to Give Bond — Penalty for Violations
A proprietor who fails to execute a bond shall not be entitled to collect any fees on tobacco stored in the warehouse, under a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, to be recovered in the name of the state, one half (½) to go to the informer.