Chap. 401.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1362, 1363, 1364 and 1365
of the Code of Virginia [S B 387]

Approved March 20, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions thirteen hundred and sixty-two, thirteen hundred and sixty-three,
thirteen hundred and sixty-four and thirteen hundred and sixty-five of
the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Sec. 1362. Accounts of tobacco warehouse sales required.—The
proprietor of each and every leaf tobacco warehouse doing business in
this State shall keep a correct account of the number of pounds of leaf
tobacco sold upon the floor of his warehouse daily.

Sec. 1363. Monthly reports to commissioner; results classified.—
On or before the tenth day of each succeeding month the said ware-
house proprietors shall make a statement, under oath, of all the tobacco
so sold upon the floor of his warehouse during the past months and
shall transmit the said statement, at once, to the commissioner of
agriculture and immigration... The reports so made shall be so ar-
ranged 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 resold by the pro-
prietor of the warehouse for his own account or for the account of
some other warehouse.

Sec. 1364. Commissioner to keep record and publish in bul-
letin—The commissioner of agriculture and immigration shall cause
said statements to be accurately copied into a book to be kept for
this purpose and shall keep separate and apart the statements retumed
to him from each leaf tobacco market 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, and the number of
pounds resold upon each market. The commissioner shall keep said
books open to the inspection of the public, and shall, on or before the
twentieth day of each month, after the receipt 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
agricultural 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.

Sec. 1365. Penalty for failure to report sales—Any warehouse
failing to make the report as required by section thirteen hundred
and sixty-two shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars and
the costs in the case, to be recovered by any person suing for same.