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can be stacked better, and they are more easily rolled. Because they re- 
quire comparatively little trimming, handling and classing are expedited. 
The trash seen on the edges of the plugged sample does not detract from its 
usefulness as a sample but makes it more truly representative of the bale. 
EXTRACTS FROM STATE LAWS RELATING TO FALSE PACKING OF COTTON 
Alabama Laws relating to Gins — General Acts of 1923 — Act 376, Article 32, 
Section 12 — "Any person who fraudulently packs, or bales, any cot- 
ton, by plating or otherwise, must, on conviction, be fined not 
less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars, and may also 
be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for 
the county, for not more than six months." 
Arizona Revised Code of Arizona, 1928, Section 4823 — " Increasing weight 
of g oods sold in containers . Every person who in putting up in 
any bag, bale, barrel, or other package, any hops, cotton, wool, 
grain, hay or other goods usually sold in same by weight, puts in 
or conceals therein anything whatever, for the purpose of increas- 
ing the weight, with intent thereby to sell the goods therein, or 
to enable another to sell the same, for an increased weight, is 
punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars." 
Florida Compiled General Laws of Florida, 1927, Section 7856 — " False pack - 
ing of provisions . Whoever fraudulently puts into any barrel, bale 
of cotton, cask or other package of sugar, rice, or pork, or any 
other article of provisions, any dirt, rubbish, or other thing, 
shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars." 
Georgia Penal Code, Vol. 6., 1914, Section 709 — "Any person who shall put 
or cause to be put into any bale of cotton, vessel of sugar, rice, 
pork, beef, or other provisions, wool, or other article, prepared 
for market, any dirt, rubbish, or other thing, for the purpose of 
adding to and increasing the weight or bulk of said cotton, sugar, 
rice, beef, pork, or other provisions or things, shall be deemed 
a common cheat, and shall be punished by a fine equal to the value 
of the thing thus fraudulently packed or put up, and imprisonment 
and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more 
than five years. The bare possession or ownership of such commod- 
ities, so fraudulently packed or put up, shall not of itself au- 
thorize a conviction, where sufficient evidence of knowledge or priv- 
ity on the part of the owner, or the person in possession, may 
not be produced on the trial." 
Missis- 
sippi Mississippi Code, 1930, Section 837 — "If any person shall fraud- 
ulently pack or bale any cotton, he shall, on conviction thereof, 
be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in 
the county jail not more than six months, or both." 
