The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-16

To define and regulate public ware
 houses in incorporated towns and
 cities for the storage of cotton or
 other articles of value for com
 pensation, and to provide a pun
 ishment for the violation of the
 provisions of this Act.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama, that any person, firm or corporation, may open a ware house iii incorporated towns and cities for the storage of cotton or other ar- ticles of value for compensation un- der the rules, restrictions and regula- tions of this Act; and all such ware houses in incorporated towns and cities are hereby declared to be public ware houses.
 Sec. 2. The proprietor, lessee or manager of any such warehouse in in corporated towns and cities shall be required, before transacting any busi- ness as such warehouseman, to pro- cure from the judge of probate of the county in which such warehouse in incorporated towns and cities is open ed. a license permitting such proprie- tor lessee or manager, to transact business as public warehouseman for the storage of cotton or other articles of value for composition under tho
 
 be issued by said judge of probate upon written application, which shall set forth the location and name of such warehouse in incorporated towns and cities and the individual name of each person interested as owner or principal in the management of the same; or if the warehouse in incorpo- rated towns and cities be managed or controlled by corporation, the names of the president, secretary and treas urer of such corporation shall be stated; and the said license shall give authority to carry on and conduct the business of a public warehouse in in- corporated towns and cities for the storage of cotton or other articles of value for compensation in accordance with the laws of this State and shall be reVocable by the said judge of pro- bate upon a regular proceeding before him for that purpose upon the com plaint of any person in writing set ting forth the particular violation of law, and upon satisfactory proof to be taken in such manner as may be di- rected by the said judge.
 Sec. 3. The person, firm or copo- ration receiving license under the provisions of this Act shall file with the said judge of probate, issuing said license a bond with two or more good and sufficient sureties to be approved
 
 company that has complied with the laws of the State of Alabama, as surety, and payable to the State of Alabama in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his, their or it's duties as a public warehouseman for the storage of cotton or other articles of value for compensation, and as in- demnity and security to any ar all persons, storing cotton or oth l. cles of value in said warehous corporated towns and cities their utors, administrators heirs or signees, for the payment of any and all damages he or they may sustain for the breach of any duty owed him or them by said warehouseman as such under the laws of this State.
 Ses. 4 Said bond shall be filed and recorded by the probate judge of such county in which said warehouse in incorporated towns and cities is open ed in his office in suitable book to be kept for such purpose; and the said probate judge shall receive for his services in recording said bond at the rate of fifteen cents per hundred words and for issuing said license shall re- ceive the sum of fifty cents, and Tor approving said bond, shall receive the sum of ono dollar, to be paid by the | said party applying for said license l before the issuance of the same. | Sec [. Any person aggrieved may | sue on the said bond in his own name | for the breach thereof until the pen | atty Is exhausted
 l Sec. G. Any person. firm or corpo- | ration who shall transact the business l of a warehouseman for the storage of | cotton of other articles of value Tor | compensation, without first securing l license and giving bond as herein be- fore required, or who shall continue 10 transact such business after such li- cense has been revoked or such bond may have become void or found insult ncient security for the penal sum for which it is executed by the judge ap- proving the same (save only that he may be permitted to deliver property. previously stored in said warehouse in incorporated towns and cities) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined Il sum not less than one hundred nor over five hundred dol lars for each and every day such bus mess is carried on.
 Sec '. That all laws and parts or laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved March ', 1897. official.
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.