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248.430 Notice of sales and producers to be posted -- False notice prohibited.
(1)
(2)
Any person who receives or undertakes to receive or take care of leaf tobacco
for sale at public auction, whether with or without compensation, shall post or
cause to be posted, a notice in a conspicuous place upon his premises, stating
the number of pounds in the aggregate, actually sold, and the average price
per pound received on account of each day's sale. He shall post the notice not
later than 9:00 a.m. on the day following the sale. He shall also, not less than
thirty (30) minutes prior to such a sale, post at a point in the office of his
warehouse, convenient and accessible for public inspection, a typewritten or
printed list showing the true name and post office address of the owner and
producer and the number of pounds of tobacco of each person whose tobacco
will that day be offered for sale in the warehouse. No tobacco shall be
delivered to or received by any warehouse for sale at public auction, unless the
true names and post office addresses of the producer and owner of the
tobacco are furnished the warehouse by the person delivering the tobacco. He
shall also post on the outside of the scale house and in the farmer's waiting
room, if such places are in the warehouse, a schedule setting forth the rates of
all commissions, fees, discounts and deductions.
No person shall, in the notice required by subsection (1), falsify the actual
number of pounds sold or the average price of the tobacco sold, or falsely list
the name, post office address or number of pounds of tobacco of any producer
or owner whose tobacco will that day be offered for sale, or furnish a false
name or address of the owner or producer to any warehouse.
History: Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs 4814b-1,
4814b-2, 4814b-4.
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