Chapter19. COTTON.  


Article 1. General Provisions.
§ 2-19-1. Making of deductions from actual weight of cotton by persons buying or selling baled cotton; use of untested weights in weighing cotton.
§ 2-19-2. Corporations, etc., operating, etc., places for storing, weighing or dealing in cotton to maintain records of bale cotton weighed, etc.
§ 2-19-3. Mutilation, etc., of marks, brands, etc., on cotton or concealment of cotton by ginners, warehouse proprietors, etc.
§ 2-19-4. Appropriation of cotton from bale, etc., by factor, commission merchant, etc., having custody thereof.
§ 2-19-5. Taking of cotton from bale without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
§ 2-19-6. Conversion, etc., of cotton samples.
§ 2-19-7. Buying or receiving cotton taken from bale without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
§ 2-19-8. Opening, sampling, etc., of bale of cotton without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
§ 2-19-9. Failure of purchaser of cotton to maintain record as to name of seller, etc.
§ 2-19-10. Failure of cotton broker, etc., to pay for cotton purchased and disposed of.
§ 2-19-11. Fraudulent packing or baling of cotton.
§ 2-19-12. Exhibition of false samples of cotton, etc.
§ 2-19-13. Removal, etc., from state of cotton subject to purchase money lien.
§ 2-19-14. Removal from bale of cotton, etc., of ginner's tag.
§ 2-19-15. Ginners to maintain registers of cotton ginned; contents and inspection thereof.
§ 2-19-16. Marking, tagging, etc., of cotton by ginners.
§ 2-19-17. Charging of different price for ginning, etc., cotton to person selling seed therefrom to ginner.
§ 2-19-18. Violation of laws as to classification, stapling or sampling of cotton.
§ 2-19-19. Replacement, etc., of cotton removed from warehouse for reweighing, resampling or examining upon rejection by purchaser, etc.
§ 2-19-20. Removal of cotton from bale for sampling.
§ 2-19-21. Removal of cotton from place where sold prior to weighing without consent of seller.
§ 2-19-22. Implied warranty as to packing of cotton.
§ 2-19-23. Ginneries to keep lint cotton and cotton seed and lots of cotton separate upon request of owners.
§ 2-19-24. Liability of ginneries for failure to comply with provisions of Section 2-19-23.
§ 2-19-25. Applicability of provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24.
§ 2-19-26. Applicability of laws relative to inspection, suspension from sale, seizure, etc.
Article 2. Traffic in Seed Cotton.
§ 2-19-40. Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Required generally.
§ 2-19-41. Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Exceptions.
§ 2-19-42. Effect of failure to maintain record book.
§ 2-19-43. Purchase of seed cotton from person other than owner, etc., of land on which same grown.
Article 3. Public Cotton Gins.
§ 2-19-60. Purpose of article.
§ 2-19-61. Permit required; fee and delinquency penalty.
§ 2-19-62. Promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner.
§ 2-19-63. Enforcement of rules and regulations, etc.; denial or revocation of permits.
§ 2-19-64. Operation of gin without permit.
Article 4. Standards and Classing.
§ 2-19-80. Cotton standards of United States adopted.
§ 2-19-81. Grade of cotton to be indicated by names, designations, etc., used in official standards.
§ 2-19-82. Cotton to be classed on request of storer.
§ 2-19-83. Admissibility in evidence of certificate of classification of cotton.
Article 5. Registration of Cotton Buyers.
§ 2-19-100. Definitions.
§ 2-19-101. Required.
§ 2-19-102. Application; fee.
§ 2-19-103. Registration of applicant by commissioner.
§ 2-19-104. Duration of registration.
§ 2-19-105. Publication, etc., by commissioner of list of registered cotton buyers.
§ 2-19-106. Disposition of funds.
Article 6. Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.
§ 2-19-120. Legislative findings and purpose.
§ 2-19-121. Definitions.
§ 2-19-122. Cooperative programs authorized.
§ 2-19-123. Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections.
§ 2-19-124. Reports of cotton growers required.
§ 2-19-125. Quarantine.
§ 2-19-126. Authority to designate elimination zones; authority to prohibit planting of cotton and to require participation in eradication program.
§ 2-19-127. Authority for destruction or treatment of cotton in elimination zones; when compensation payable.
§ 2-19-128. Authority to promulgate appropriate regulations.
§ 2-19-129. Penalties.
§ 2-19-130. Certification by board of cotton growers' organization authorized; requirements.
§ 2-19-131. Certification; revocation.
§ 2-19-132. Cotton growers assessment referendum authorized; assessments generally.
§ 2-19-133. Conduct of referendum.
§ 2-19-134. Subsequent referendums.
§ 2-19-135. Failure to pay assessments.