§ 43-19-212. Fraudulent Packing or “Nesting” a Misdemeanor — Penalty
Any person who fraudulently packs or “nests” a hogshead of tobacco with intent to deceive and obtain by the deception more than its true value commits a Class C misdemeanor.
§ 43-19-213. Description of Best Hogshead to Be Posted in Warehouse
The warehouse keeper shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the warehouse a description of the hogsheads or casks, length, measurement, etc., best suited to contain tobacco for market.
§ 43-19-214. Fees and Commissions of Warehousemen
The compensation of warehouse keepers for receiving, storing, inspecting, coopering, and selling tobacco shall be as follows, to wit: To be paid by the seller, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one percent (1%) commission on proceeds of sale; To be paid by buyer, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), and for storage after […]
§ 43-19-215. Extortion a Misdemeanor
Any warehouse keeper who charges more than is allowed in § 43-19-214 commits a Class C misdemeanor, and is also liable to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) to the planter or person overcharged, recoverable before any judge of a court of general sessions.
§ 43-19-216. Auction Bid May Be Refused
Any planter, or other owner of tobacco sold at auction, may, by paying the fees, refuse at the time to take the price at which it is cried off.
§ 43-19-203. Reinspection — Making
Should any planter, or the planter’s agent representing the planter, claim that the sample drawn from the planter’s tobacco by an inspector does not represent fairly the hogshead from which it was taken, the planter may demand and have that hogshead reinspected. The tobacco board of trade, where one exists, shall appoint a committee, consisting […]
§ 43-19-204. Responsibility of Keeper
After the tobacco is inspected, coopered, weighed, and numbered, the warehouse keeper becomes responsible to the planter or owner for the weights and proper keeping of the tobacco.
§ 43-19-205. Conversion of Samples or Plucking Leaves Therefrom Prohibited — Penalty
No warehouse keeper, nor anyone in the employment of the warehouse keeper, shall take or convert to that person’s own use, or dispose of, any sample of tobacco, but the tobacco shall be delivered to the purchaser, and all loose tobacco shall be neatly returned to the hogshead or other container from which it came, […]
§ 43-19-206. Erasure or Counterfeiting a Misdemeanor
Any person who erases, or in any way alters or defaces, any letter, mark, number or figure put upon any hogshead or other container by an inspector, or counterfeits the letter, mark, number or figure, previous to the delivery to the purchaser, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
§ 43-19-110. Private Warehouses
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person from establishing a private warehouse for the storage of tobacco.