The Glenwood post., 1916-11-11
UNITED STATES
WAREHOUSE ACT,
Synopsis of Measure Passed
by Congress as Prepared
by United States De-
partment of Agri-
culture.


form of warehouse receipt for cot
ton, grain, wool, tobacco and faxseed,
which will make these receipts easily
and widely negotiable as delivery or
ders or as collateral for loans and,
therefore, of definite assistance in f.
nancing crops. This purpose the act
aims to attain by licensing and bond
Ing warehouses under conditions which
will insure the integrity of their re-
ceipts and make these receipts reliable
evidence of the condition, quality,
quantity, and ownership Of the prod
ucts named which may be stored with
them.
The secretary of agriculture is given
general authority to investigate the
storage, warehousing, classification,
weighing, and certifying of cotton,
wool, grains, tobacco and flaxseed, and
to classify warehouses for which
licenses are applied for or issued.
PermIssive Statute.
He may issue to warehousemen H.
censes for the conduct of warehouses
in which such products may be stored
for interstate or foreign commerce,
and also Of warehouses located in
places under the exclusive Jurisdiction
OF the United States in which such
products may be stored. Persons who
are not warehousemen may also be
licensed, subject to the same require
ments as licensed warehousemen, to
accept such products for storage in
warehouses owned. operated or leased
by any state. Licenses may be issued
for periods not exceeding one year.
and are renewable upon showing sat
isfactory to the secretary of agricul-
ture. A fee not exceeding 81 may be
charged for each license or renewal,
and, In addition, a reasonable fee for
each examination or inspection of q
warehouse made upon application of
the warehouseman. 1t Is not however,
compulsory that any warehouseman be
licensed by the secretary of agrlcul-
ture. The system is wholly permis-
sive.
Every applicant for license as a
warehouseman must agree to comply
with the act and the rules and regu-
lations prescribed under it. He must
give bond, with other than personal
surety, to secure the performance of
his obligations as a warehouseman un-
der the laws of the place in which the
warehouse is conducted, under his con-
tracts with his depositors, and under
the United States warehouse act. The
right Is given to any person injured
through its breach to sue in his own
name on the bond for any damages
sustained by him. When such bond
has been given, the warehouse may be
designated as bonded under the United
States warehouse act.
Inspection Of Warehouses.
The secretary of agriculture Is au-
thorized to inspect warehouse licenses,
or for which licenses are applied for
to determine whether they are suitable
for the proper storage of agricultural
products; to prescribe the duties of H.
censed warehousemen with respect to
their care Of, and responsibility for.
agricultural products and to examine
agricultural products stored in H.
censed warehouses. Deposits of ag-
ricultural products in such warehouses
are made subject to the act and the
rules and regulations under 1t.
Duties Of Warehousemen.
Licensed warehousemen are not per-
mitted to discriminate between per-
sons desiring to store agricultural
products In their warehouses. All ag-
ricultural products, except fungible
products (such rs grain and the like),
of the same kind and grade, for which
separate receipts are issued, must be
SO kept that they may be separately
identified and redelivered to the de-
positor. Warehousemen may mix
grain and other fungible products, or
dinarily mixed In storage, when they
are Of the same kind and grade and
are delivered from the same mass, but
may not mix such products when they
are Of different grades.
Warehouse Receipts.
Original receipts must be issued for
licensed warehouses, but only when
such products are actually stored at
the time Of the issuance of the re.
ceipts. Additional or further receipts
for the same products may only be is-
sued In place Of lost or destroyed re-
ceipts, and then only under specified
conditions.
The act enumerates certain facts
which. must be stated in all receipts
issued by licensed warehousemen.
They must show (a) the location Of
the warehouse, (b) the date Of issu-
ance, (c) the consecutive. number, (d)
whether the products will be delivered
to the bearer, to specified person, or
to specified person or his order, (e)
the rate Of storage charges, (O
description Of the product stored, in
cluding the quantity of weight, (g)
the grade or other class, according to
the official standards of the United
States for such products, unless there
be no such Standard in which event II