(a) It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any toll bridge within or partially within the State of Arkansas to make, maintain, and preserve a record of every bale of cotton or part of a bale of cotton, whether seed cotton or lint cotton, which shall cross the toll bridge.
(b) The record shall contain the following data:
(1) The date, together with the hour of the day, the cotton passed over the toll bridge;
(2) The destination of the cotton as declared by the person transporting the cotton across the bridge;
(3) The name of the persons transporting the cotton across the bridge together with the name and address of the persons for whom the cotton is being so transported;
(4) A general description of the vehicle in which the cotton is being transported, that is, whether by motor vehicle or otherwise. If transported by motor vehicle, the record shall show the state license number and the city license number, if any, of the motor vehicle;
(5) The approximate amount of cotton transported in terms of bales or parts of bales as nearly as can be determined without weighing;
(6) The point of origin of the cotton; that is, if the cotton is in bales, the name and location of the gin where the cotton was ginned and, if seed cotton, the approximate location of the farm on which the cotton was produced. This information shall be supplied by the persons so transporting the cotton; and
(7) The name and address of every person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the cotton either by ownership or lien so far as known to the person or persons transporting the cotton.
(c) The records made and maintained pursuant to this subchapter shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times at the place of business maintained by the owner or operator within the State of Arkansas.