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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-347. Unlawful purchase of corn or cotton from tenant or laborer after notice of disability to sell; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-347. Unlawful purchase of corn or cotton from tenant or laborer after notice of disability to sell; penalty.

Any person who buys any corn or any cotton in the seed from tenants or laborers residing on the land of another as such or from the agent of such tenant or laborer when such tenant or laborer had no right to sell such corn or cotton and after notice of such disability to sell has been given in writing by the landlord or employer to such buyer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1876, p. 115, § 1; Code 1882, § 4562b; Penal Code 1895, § 542; Penal Code 1910, § 554; Code 1933, § 61-9902.