Any warehouseman, manager, or other employee of a public warehouse, who issues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt for any commodities, without knowing that the commodities have actually been placed in a public warehouse, who delivers any commodities from a public warehouse without the surrender and cancellation of the warehouse receipt, or who fails to mark the depositor's receipt “Cancelled” on the delivery of the commodities, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony. The fine for a violation of this section shall not be more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not more than twenty (20) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 82, art. 9(B), § 15, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 94, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 31, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 243, § 94, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 10, § 13 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 94 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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