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 less than three years nor more than ten years.
History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 20; Code 1933, § 5-9906.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing
§ 10-4-70. Standards and Classifications of Cotton
§ 10-4-72. Fixing Terms and Rate of Storage
§ 10-4-73. Commissioner May Negotiate Loans on Receipts and Sale of Stored Cotton
§ 10-4-74. Commissioner’s Charges and Commissions
§ 10-4-75. Warehouse Receipt Books; Execution and Sealing of Receipts
§ 10-4-76. Investigation of Liens and Titles by Warehouseman; Priority of Claim of Receipt Holder
§ 10-4-77. Penalty for Failure to Give Notice of Lien on Cotton
§ 10-4-78. Penalty for False Affidavit as to Lien on Cotton
§ 10-4-80. Penalties for Issuing Receipt for Cotton Not in Warehouse
§ 10-4-81. Penalty for Issuing Duplicate or Additional Receipt; Lost or Destroyed Receipts