§ 61.1-59. Sales of burley tobacco
Sales of burley tobacco at warehouses or loosefloors shall be conducted so as to conform to one of the following methods: (1) Sales to be at the rate of not more than 90,000 pounds per hour, per set of buyers, or (2) Sales to be at the rate of not more than 360 baskets per […]
§ 61.1-60. Information to be accurate and substantiated
Any information pertaining to weights of tobacco sold, prices paid or amounts of tobacco handled, disseminated by any warehouseman, his employees or agents shall be accurate and substantiated by records kept at the warehouse or loosefloor. Code 1950, § 61-159; 1950, p. 67; 1968, c. 69.
§ 61.1-61. Penalty for violation
The violation of any provision of this law or valid rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by fine of not less than $50 for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment in jail not […]
§ 61.1-58. Commingling burley and other tobacco; moving tobacco before sale
It shall be unlawful for any person to commingle, mix, place in same basket with other tobacco or in any other manner or means to handle tobacco so as to lose its identity, for the purpose of sale at auction, loose-leaf tobacco grown by one producer with loose-leaf burley tobacco grown by any other producer, […]
§ 61.1-56. Penalty for violation
Any such operator of a warehouse violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in § 18.2-12. Code 1950, § 61-155; 1968, c. 69.
§ 61.1-57. Enforcement by Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services; rules and regulations
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have authority to establish rules and regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. The Commissioner is hereby vested with the authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this law and to enforce reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, for the purpose of […]
§ 61.1-55. Commission and basket charge
No person, firm, association, corporation, partnership, copartnership or other legal entity, who or which operates any warehouse in which burley tobacco is sold at public auction, shall charge or receive any commission in excess of four percent of the sales price of such tobacco, nor shall any basket charge be in excess of twenty-five cents […]
§ 61.1-50. Tickets or cards open to inspection for ten days after delivery of tobacco
All cards or tickets kept, prepared or placed upon tobacco as required herein, shall, for the period of ten days after the delivery of such tobacco, be open to the inspection of the representative of any public tobacco warehouse, or tobacco growers cooperative association, during regular business hours and such representative shall have access to […]
§ 61.1-51. Violations constituting misdemeanors
Any person who shall give a fictitious or false name to the warehouseman or cooperative marketing association hereinbefore referred to, or who shall fail to give to such warehouseman or cooperative marketing association the true name of the owner of such leaf tobacco or the person from whom the tobacco was obtained, or the grower […]
§ 61.1-52. Punishment for misdemeanor
Any person guilty of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as provided in § 18.2-12. Code 1950, § 61-151; 1968, c. 69.