§ 10-4-71. Storing Lint Cotton; Inspection Tags; Issuance, Contents, Transfer, and Cancellation of Receipts
The state warehouse commissioner may receive for storage lint cotton, properly baled, with an inspection tag showing that it has been legally weighed and that a federal or state grader has graded such cotton. There shall be receipts issued for such cotton under the seal in the name of the commissioner, stating location of warehouse, […]
§ 10-4-72. Fixing Terms and Rate of Storage
The state warehouse commissioner shall settle the terms upon which cotton may be stored in the local warehouses coming under this article and fix the rate of storage thereon in such manner that these warehouses shall pay expenses, it being the declared purpose of this article that the system shall be self-sustaining and without cost […]
§ 10-4-73. Commissioner May Negotiate Loans on Receipts and Sale of Stored Cotton
The state warehouse commissioner may, upon the request of the owner of warehouse receipts, negotiate loans upon the same, or make sale of the cotton on storage, and shall notify the holders of cotton of the steps which will be necessary to avail themselves of aid in obtaining loans upon cotton or making sale thereof. […]
§ 10-4-74. Commissioner’s Charges and Commissions
The state warehouse commissioner shall provide for the cost of maintaining this system by assessing a charge upon each bale of cotton offered for storage, and for negotiation of loans or selling cotton, a commission, all of which charges shall be uniform, and due notice thereof given, it being the declared purpose of this article […]
§ 10-4-75. Warehouse Receipt Books; Execution and Sealing of Receipts
The warehouse receipt books shall be designed by the state warehouse commissioner and furnished the manager of each warehouse. Receipts shall be numbered, and the warehouse receiving such books shall be accountable for each receipt. The receipts in such books may have the lithographed or engraved signature of the state warehouse commissioner, but the name […]
§ 10-4-76. Investigation of Liens and Titles by Warehouseman; Priority of Claim of Receipt Holder
If the warehouseman to whom cotton is offered for storage shall have cause to believe there is an adverse lien, title, or claim to the cotton, he shall make reasonable investigation; and to that end he may require the party so offering the cotton for storage to make affidavit in writing as to such liens, […]
§ 10-4-77. Penalty for Failure to Give Notice of Lien on Cotton
Any person who shall deposit, or attempt to deposit, cotton upon which a lien, mortgage, or adverse claim exists, without notifying the manager of the warehouse thereof and having this fact so entered on the warehouse receipt, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 19; Code 1933, § 5-9905.
§ 10-4-78. Penalty for False Affidavit as to Lien on Cotton
Should any party required by Code Section 10-4-76 to make an affidavit as to an adverse lien, title, or claim to cotton offered to a warehouseman for storage make a false affidavit, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not […]
§ 10-4-79. Penalties for Delivering Cotton Without Production of Receipt or Failing to Cancel Receipt
Any manager, employee, agent, officer, or other person who shall deliver cotton from a warehouse under this article, except upon the production of the receipt therefor, or who shall fail to mark such receipt “canceled” on the delivery of the cotton shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by […]
§ 10-4-80. Penalties for Issuing Receipt for Cotton Not in Warehouse
The manager of any warehouse, or agent, employee, or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton has not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense […]