Any manager, employee, servant, or other person who shall issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional receipt for cotton, knowing that the former receipt or any part thereof is outstanding, commits the offense of forgery in the first degree, provided that the party applying for a duplicate, upon the representation that the original has been lost or destroyed, may receive the same upon giving an indemnifying bond to the state warehouse commissioner to protect the commissioner against any loss that might occur thereby.
History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 17; Ga. L. 1920, p. 282, § 1; Code 1933, § 5-9904.
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