Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 4. WAREHOUSEMEN · Article 2. STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER; COTTON WAREHOUSING · Part 2. STORAGE OF COTTON

10-4-80. Penalties for issuing receipt for cotton not in warehouse.

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The manager of any warehouse, or agent, employee, or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton has not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000.00.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 16; Code 1933, § 5-9903.

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