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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-77. Penalty for failure to give notice of lien on cotton.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-4-77. Penalty for failure to give notice of lien on cotton.

Any person who shall deposit, or attempt to deposit, cotton upon which a lien, mortgage, or adverse claim exists, without notifying the manager of the warehouse thereof and having this fact so entered on the warehouse receipt, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 19; Code 1933, § 5-9905.