Ala. Code § 2-19-2: Corporations, Etc., Operating, Etc., Places for Storing, Weighing or Dealing in Cotton to Maintain Records of Bale Cotton Weighed, Etc.

Any corporation, company, individual or his or their agents operating or owning places for storing, weighing or dealing in cotton doing business in this state who fail to keep a record of all bale cotton weighed by warehousemen, corporations, companies, individuals or their agents for whom each bale of cotton is weighed, with the names of such persons posted on the books daily together with the weight and description of each bale, or who fail to keep such record open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.