Any manager, employee, agent, officer, or other person who shall deliver cotton from a warehouse under this article, except upon the production of the receipt therefor, or who shall fail to mark such receipt “canceled” on the delivery of the cotton shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than five years in the state penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the court.
History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 18; Code 1933, § 5-9902.
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