Chap. 109.—An ACT to require leaf tobacco to be sold only in the name
of the true owner thereof; to require records of such sales to be kept;
to require the keeper of such records to permit the inspection thereof
by any person, and permit access for the purpose of such inspection;
and to provide penalty for the violation thereof. [S B 68]

Approved March 26, 1928.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia as
follows:

Section 1. Every person who shall deliver any leaf tobacco
to a warehouseman or to a co-operative marketing association
for sale, offer for sale or display for sale thereof, shall impart
to such warehouseman or co-operative marketing association,
the true name of the owner of said leaf tobacco; and it shall be
the duty of such warehouseman or co-operative marketing
association to keep a record of such purchase or delivery show-
ing the quantity of leaf tobacco so delivered, and said name of
the owner thereof, given as provided herein. ]

Section 2. Where leaf tobacco is delivered to a warehouse-
man or co-operative marketing association for sale, offer for
sale or display for sale, by a person other than the grower
thereof, or the landlord of the land upon which said tobacco was
grown, it shall be the duty of said warehouseman or co-operative
marketing association to keep a record showing the facts re-
quired in section one of this act, and in addition thereto if pos-
sible the name of the person from whom the person delivering
said tobacco obtained the same, and the name of the original
grower thereof, and the name of the landlord upon whose land
said tobacco was grown, if the same was grown by a tenant.
And said person, other than such grower or landlord, shall im-
part to such warehouseman or co-operative marketing associa-
tion the true name of the person from whom he obtained said
tobacco, and the name of said grower thereof and said landlord.
Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to licensed
leaf tobacco dealers offering for re-sale tobacco once sold upon
the warehouse floor, and with respect to which the provisions
of this act have previously been complied with.

Section 3. Said warehouseman or co-operative marketing
association shall also place upon all leaf tobacco delivered to
him or to it for sale, offer for sale, or display for sale, a ticket
or card which shall state the matters and things required to be
recorded by said warehouseman or co-operative marketing as-
sociation by sections one and two of this act.

Section 4. All cards or tickets kept, prepared or placed upon
tobacco as required herein, shall, for the period of ten days
after the delivery of such tobacco, be open to the inspection of
any representative of any public tobacco warehouse, or tobacco
growers co-operative association during regular business hours
and who shall have access to the place where said cards or tickets
are kept for the purpose of such inspection.

Section 5. Any person who shall give a fictitious or false
name to such warehouseman or co-operative marketing associa-
tion, or who shall fail to give to such warehouseman or Co-
operative marketing association the true name of the owner of
said leaf tobacco or said person from whom said tobacco was
obtained, or said grower and said landlord, upon delivering the
same as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any ware-
houseman or co-operative marketing association who shall fail
to comply with any of the provisions of this act, or who shall
deny to any such representative the privilege of such inspection
or access, as provided in section four, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor. Any warehouseman or co-operative marketing as-
sociation who shall buy or sell tobacco as above set forth, know-
ing that the name in which said leaf tobacco is sold, or any name
given pursuant to the provisions hereof, is false or fictitious,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 6. Any person guilty of a misdemeanor under the
provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 7. The term “warehouseman” as used in this act
is hereby defined as any person, firm or corporation engaged
in the business of selling leaf tobacco at auction, for a commis-
sion or for any other consideration.

Section 8. .The purpose of this act is to prevent frauds in
the handling and sale of leaf tobacco.