6 BULLETIN 520, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
covered by a single receipt. Also the issuance of a separate receipt for 
each and every bale stored gives less opportunity for altering the receipt. 
Form 3C (page 19) shows a form of multiple-bale receipt. There 
are occasions when this form is the more desirable than the one-bale 
type of receipt. When this multiple-bale form of receipt is used the 
original certificate of inspection is to be attached. Form 3E shows 
another form of multiple-bale receipt, in which the description of the 
bales is shown on the face of the receipt rather than on the attached 
certificate of inspection. 
The wording of the receipt in regard to the guaranty of the grades, 
weights, and lengths of staple may be altered to fit the practices and 
policies of the various warehouses by which they are issued. How- 
ever, the nearer the wording approximates an absolute guarantee of 
these qualities by the warehouse, the greater will be the value of the 
receipt. While it is true that warehouses in many instances attempt 
to disclaim responsibility for the descriptions they have given on the 
receipt it must be remembered that the persons to whom the re- 
ceipts may be transferred should be protected in accepting these 
descriptions. 
Many warehousemen guarantee their descriptions at least within 
reasonable variations, while some guarantee them to be absolutely 
correct. By so doing, these warehousemen furnish a receipt which is 
most acceptable as collateral. In some instances, a special charge 
is made for this guaranty, usually one-sixteenth of a cent per pound 
on the cotton, while in others the service is given without additional 
charge. 
All receipts should be bound in book form, preferably 100 to the 
book, numbered consecutively, and arranged so as to allow the 
making of a carbon copy. This carbon copy should be plainly so 
marked, and should be used only for the purpose of record in the 
office. Some warehousemen require the depositor to give written 
acknowledgment of receipt for all original warehouse receipts 
issued. The form of the acknowledgment may be printed on the 
face of the carbon copy of the warehouse receipt. In case a large 
number of warehouse receipts are issued to one person, some other 
method of acknowledging receipt may be used, so as to avoid the 
inconvenience of a large number of signatures. 
Form 3B (page 18) shows a form for the carbon copy of the nego- 
tiable receipt, one-bale type. 
Upon the return of the warehouse receipts and the delivery of 
the cotton, the receipt should be plainly marked " Canceled" across 
its face. Canceled receipts should be safely filed away by a system 
that will make it easy to refer to them if necessary. Some ware- 
housemen paste them back into their original places in the books, 
which makes them readily accessible. Others place them, with all 
