Every person, firm or corporation who gins cotton shall keep a book in which it shall register all cotton received at its gins to be ginned in the name of the owner thereof, if known, and, if not known, then the ginner shall make due and diligent inquiry of the person who delivers said cotton to be ginned and record in its book the name of the owner as given and the name of the person from whom the cotton may be received, which book shall also show the date of ginning and the gin number of such bale, which gin number shall continue consecutively for each bale ginned by any particular gin to the close of the season. Such register shall be kept open for the inspection of the public.
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.