It shall be unlawful for any person in buying or selling baled cotton or in weighing such cotton for any person other than himself to deduct from the actual weight thereof as shown on a level-standing beam of the scale or to use in weighing cotton untested weights so as to deprive the seller of the cotton of any of its real value. Deductions may be made by mutual consent of buyer and seller or their authorized agents or representatives, on wet or damaged cotton bales, on each bale so weighed or deducted from.
Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 2-19-5 - Taking of Cotton From Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc.
Section 2-19-6 - Conversion, etc., of Cotton Samples.
Section 2-19-9 - Failure of Purchaser of Cotton to Maintain Record as to Name of Seller, Etc.
Section 2-19-10 - Failure of Cotton Broker, etc., to Pay for Cotton Purchased and Disposed Of.
Section 2-19-11 - Fraudulent Packing or Baling of Cotton.
Section 2-19-12 - Exhibition of False Samples of Cotton, Etc.
Section 2-19-13 - Removal, etc., From State of Cotton Subject to Purchase Money Lien.
Section 2-19-14 - Removal From Bale of Cotton, etc., of Ginner's Tag.
Section 2-19-15 - Ginners to Maintain Registers of Cotton Ginned; Contents and Inspection Thereof.
Section 2-19-16 - Marking, Tagging, etc., of Cotton by Ginners.
Section 2-19-18 - Violation of Laws as to Classification, Stapling or Sampling of Cotton.
Section 2-19-20 - Removal of Cotton From Bale for Sampling.
Section 2-19-22 - Implied Warranty as to Packing of Cotton.
Section 2-19-24 - Liability of Ginneries for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Section 2-19-23.
Section 2-19-25 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24.
Section 2-19-26 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc.