Year: 1879

WAREHOUSE BILL.


The following is the bill which Capt


Lesueur desires shall become a law re


gardlng the regulation of warehouses


The political inspection" OF which tn


St. Louis and Kansas City gentlemen $,


loudly complained, was never contem


plated to be enacted into law; but, a


the author OF the bill assured it's ap


ponents before they went to Jefferson
City. it was only copied into the bill


from the Illinois law in order to get tn,


bill on the calendar. and before the com
mittee tor consideration. Nevertheless
the bill has been almost entirely fough
on that idea. 1t is good bill, and il
intended to wrong no honest man, bu
on the contrary to secure to every mar
his due.


= An act to. regulate warehouses anG
the storage oil grain in warehouses, and
prevent-fraud in handling grain.


Be ii enacted by the General Assembly


of the State of Missouri, as fol.
~l0sus


Section l.. All elevators or storehouses
wherein grain or other properfs IS stored
for compensation, are declared to be
public warehouses, and are divided into
three classes to be designated as classes
A, B and c. respectively.


Sec. 2. Public warehouses of class A
shall include all warehouses, elevators
and granaries, situated in cities of no,
less than two hundred and fifty thousand
Inhabitants, in which grain is stored in
bulk, and lip which the grain of different
owners is mingled together. or in which
grain is stored in such manner that the
identity. eli different, lots or parcels can
not sbe accurately preserved. Public
warehouses of class B shall include all
Eother warehouses. elevators and gran
arIes in which grain is stored Tor con-
federation. Public warehouses of class
@ shall include all other warehouses or
Iiplaees where property OF any kind is
stored Tor consideration.


Sec. 8. Every proprietor, lessee Or
manager OF any public warehouse, shall
be required before transacting any busi-
ness as warehouseman. to procure u
license from the county clerk Cor in the
city of St. Louis from the city comptrol-
ler) in the county or city wherein such
warehouse is situated. permitting such
proprietor. lessee, or manager to trans
act business as q public warehouseman
of class A, b or C., Gas the case may be, }
under the laws OF this state. which
license shall thereupon be issued by said
clerk. upon payment of license fee of
one dollar, and upon written applica-
ton setting forth the location and name
Of such warehouse, and the individual
name of each person interested as own
or or principal in the management of the
same /; or If the warehouse be owned or
managed by corporation, the names
OF the president. secretary and treasurer
OF the same shall be stated; and said
license shall give authority to carry on
the business Of public warehouse of
class A. B or C, [as the case may be, }
in accordance with the laws of this
state; such license shall. however, be
revocabie at the instance OF any person
who has been injured by any violation
OF the laws of this state by such ware
houseman in the management OF such
warehouse, upon proceeding for that
purpose. brought in the circuit court of
the county or city wherein such ware
house is situated, aud upon satisfactory
proofsand proceedings had as in civil
cases. And when license shall be thus
revoked. no new warehouse license shall
be issued TO any OF the persons whose
license has been revoked, for a period
OF six months from such revocation.
Sec. 4. The person, or corporation,
applying for such license shall, before
the license is issued, file with the officer
having power to grant the same (as
hereinbetore provided). bond to the
state OF Missouri with at least two good
and sufficient securities Ito be approved
by said otticer). resident ireeholders of
this state, conditioned for the faithful
performance of all his duties as public
warehouseman of the class for VIII ch
the application is made, and that said
warehouse shall, in all respects, be
managed and conducted in unreseryed
compliance with the laws of this state.
such bond shall be in the sum OF SIC, 200
iof warehouses; OF class A; $4,000 for
those of class b, and S., 900 for those of
class G.


Sec. 5. Suit may be brought upon any
bond mentioned in this act, in any court
OF competent jurisdiction in the name OF
the state to the use of any party injured
by any breach thereof in like manner as
ls provided by law for other civil suits
upon penal bonds


Sec. .. ANY person who shall transact
the business of a public warehcuseman
without first procuring license as here
IN provided, applicable to the kind of
warehouse conducted by him, or who
SHALL continue to transact any such busl-
ness alter such license has been revoked
save only that he may be permitted to
deliver property previously stored in
such warehouse) shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor. and on conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than
sou, nor more than $1,000.


Sec. z. 1t shall be the duty of every
warehouseInan of class A to receive Tor
storage any gram that may be rendered
to him at such warehouse, or i'm the
usual manner in which warehouses re-
celve the same in the usual course OF
business. not making any discrimination
between persons desiring to avail them
selves OF warehouse facilities such grain
IN all eases to be inspected and graded
by duly authorized inspector, and to
be stored with grain of similar grade
ana seasons growth, received ut or
about the same time. And it shall be
the duty OF every warehouseman to have
al bulk grain in the general bins of the
same grade and seasons growth.
thoroughly mingled. SO that the grade
thereof shall be Uniform. In no case
shall grain of different grades be mixed
together while in store; but the grain of
any owner or consignee may be stored,
as he shall direct. In Il bin, by itself
apart from that OF others. if the owner
or consignee so requests, which bin shall
thereupon be numbered and marked and
known as separate bin." If ware
mouse receipt be issued tor grain so kept
separate, it shall state on its face that
the grain is in II separate bin, and shall
designate the number OF such bin. Moth
ing IN this section shall be so construed
as TO require the receipt of grain into
any warehouse in which there is not
su1ncient space to store it properly, or
In cases where such warehouse is neces.
sarily closed.


Sec. 8. Upon application of the owner
or conslgnee OF grain. stored in a public
warehouse OF class A, the warehouse
man shall issue to the person entitled
thereto, warehouse receipt therefor,