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§§ 6179-a2-6179-a4. BONDED WAREHOUSES. Tit. XXI, Ch. 8-A.
3 The term "warehouse" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to
4 mean every building, structure, or other protected inclosure in which
5 any agricultural product is or may be stored within the state.
6 The term "agricultural product" wherever used in this chapter
7 shall be deemed to mean cotton, wool, grains, tobacco, and flaxseed, or
8 any of them.
9 As used in this chapter :
10 1. "Person" includes a corporation or partnership of two or more
11 persons having a joint or common interest.
12 2. "Warehouseman" means a person lawfully engaged in the busi-
13 ness of storing agricultural products.
14 3. "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt.
[39 G. A., ch. 119, § 1.]
SEC. 6179-a2. Duties of commissioners.
1 The commissioners are authorized :
2 1. To investigate the storage, warehousing, classifying according
3 to grade and otherwise, weighing, and certification of agricultural
4 products.
5 2. Upon application to them by any person applying for license
6 to conduct a warehouse under this chapter, to inspect such warehouse
7 or cause it to be inspected.
8 3. At any time, with or without application to them, to inspect or
9 cause to be inspected all warehouses licensed under this chapter.
10 4. To determine whether warehouses for which licenses are
11 applied for or have been issued under this chapter are suitable for the
12 proper storage of any agricultural product or products.
13 5. To classify warehouses licensed or applying for a license in
14 accordance with their ownership, location, surroundings, capacity, con-
15 ditions, and other qualities, and as to the kinds of licenses issued or
16 that may be issued for them pursuant to this chapter.
17 6. To prescribe, within the limitations of this chapter, the duties
18 of the warehousemen conducting warehouses licensed under this
19 chapter with respect to their care of and responsibility for agricultural
20 products stored therein.
[39 G. A., ch. 119, § 2.]
SEC. 6179-a3. License—conditions.
1 The commissioners are authorized, upon application to them, to
2 issue to any warehouseman a license for the conduct of a warehouse or
3 warehouses in accordance with this chapter and such rules and regula-
4 tions as may be made hereunder : Provided, that each such warehouse
5 be found suitable for the proper storage of the particular agricultural
6 product or products for which a license is applied for, and that such
7 warehouseman agree, as a condition to the granting of the license, to
8 comply with and abide by all the terms of this chapter and the rules
9 and regulations prescribed hereunder.
[39 G. A., ch. 119, § 3.]
SEC. 6179-a4. Tenure of license—renewal.
1 Each license issued under the preceding section shall be issued
2 for a period not exceeding one year, and shall specify the date upon
3 which it is to terminate, and upon showing satisfactory to the commis-