Chap. 320.—An ACT to regulate the statistics of leaf tobacco sold upon the
floors of the Jeaf tobacco warehouses or sold by any tobacco association in
the State fo Virginia.

Approved March 14, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That on and
after the first day of September, nineteen hundred and eight, the pro-
prietor of each and every leaf tobacco warehouse, and the secretary of
every tobacco association of producers, and also dealers purchasing di-
rectly from producers where there is no auction market. doing business
in this State, shall keep a correct account of the number of pounds of
leaf tobacco sold on the floor of any warehouse, or sold by any tobacco
association of producers, or bought by dealers directly from producers.

2. That on or before the tenth day of each succeding month the said
warehouse proprietors, and the said secretaries of any tobacco association
of producers, and said dealers purchasing directly from producers, ‘hall
make a correct statement of all tobacco so sold upon the floor of. his
warehouse, or sold by any association of producers, or bought by said
dealers directly from producers, during the past month, and they shall
transmit the said statement, at once, to the commissioner of agriculture
at Richmond, Virginia. The reports so made to the commissioner of
agriculture shall be so arranged and classified as to show the number of
pounds of tobacco sold for the producers of tobacco from first hand; the
number of pounds sold for dealers; and the number of pounds re-sold by
the proprietor of the warehouse for his own acount, or for the account of
any other warehouse, firm or individual.

3. The commissioner of agriculture shall cause said statements to he
accurately copied into a book to be kept for this purpose, and shall keep
separate and apart the statements returned to him from each leaf to-
haceo market, associations of producers, or dealers purchasing directly
from producers, in the State, so as to show the number of pounds of
tobacco sold by.each market for the sale of leaf tobacco; the number of
pounds sold by producers; the number of pounds sold by each association
of producers; the number of pounds purchased by each dealer directly
from the producers, and the number of pounds re-sold upon each market.
And, as far as possible, the reports from the bright tobacco markets,
associations, and dealers, and the reports from the dark tobacco markets,
associations, and dealers, shall be kept and reported separately. And
the said commissioner of agriculture shall keep said books open to the
inspection of the public, and shall, on or before the tenth day of cach
month, after the receipts of the reports above required to be made to
him on or before the tenth day of each month, cause the said reports to
be published in the bulletin issued by the argicultural department, and
in one or more journals published in the interest of the growth, sale and
manufacture of tobacco, in the State, or having a large circulation therein.

4. Any person wilfully violating the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished within the discretion of the court,
and, in addition thereto, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one
hundred dollars.