§2-15-93. Bond of permittee.

Before the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to issue a permit as required under this division, the applicant for such a permit shall file with the Department of Agriculture and Industries a bond in the amount of $1,000.00 written by a surety company qualified to do business in the State of Alabama, which bond shall be payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned that the principal named therein shall faithfully and honestly perform his duties of accurately weighing livestock which are sold at livestock markets. Any person suffering a loss caused by the principal's failure to accurately weigh livestock shall have a right of action against the principal and surety of such bond; provided, that the aggregate liability of the surety for all such losses shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond.

(Acts 1959, No. 169, p. 693, §3.)