Any ginner, warehouse proprietor, common carrier, officer, agent, clerk or employee of such common carrier or person or any other person who, for the purpose of preventing, delaying or hindering the identification of any cotton by any authorized officer or the rightful owner or person having a lien thereon from recognizing, finding and recovering his cotton (whether the same has been sold to the warehouse proprietor or to other persons), changes or mutilates the marks, brands or numbers on such cotton or conceals any cotton delivered to such warehouse, common carrier or to such other person for sale or storage 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.