§ 43-19-201. Warehouse Proprietor May Be Inspector — Appointment of Deputy Inspectors — Oath — Bond
The proprietor of a warehouse, regularly authorized under this chapter, is created an inspector of tobacco, with power to appoint deputy inspectors; but, before any warehouse keeper, who may personally act as inspector, or any deputy who may act as inspector for the warehouse keeper, enters upon the duties of an inspector, that person shall […]
§ 43-19-202. Duties of Proprietor or Deputy
It is the duty of the proprietor or one (1) of the proprietor’s regular deputies to: Inspect the uncasing and breaking of any tobacco for inspection, and examine and classify the tobacco according to law and the proprietor’s or deputy’s oath of office; Break each hogshead for inspection, in at least four (4) different places, […]
§ 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, […]
§ 43-19-102. 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.
§ 43-19-105. Suit on Bond — Parties
Any person aggrieved may sue on this bond for a breach thereof, in the name of the state, until the penalty is exhausted.
§ 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 […]