Louisiana § 3:3679 Deduction of scalage prohibited; penalty

Louisiana Statutes

§ 3:3679 — Deduction of scalage prohibited; penalty

Louisiana § 3:3679

Title 3Agriculture and Forestry

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 3:3679 (2026).

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No purchaser or weigher of cotton shall deduct any number of pounds, known as scalage, from the actual weight of any bale of cotton weighed or purchased by him; but the purchaser shall account to the seller of cotton for the actual weight of the bale purchased or weighed, except in cases of wet or damaged cotton when the amount to be deducted may be agreed upon by the purchaser and seller.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars for each offense.

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No purchaser or weigher of cotton shall deduct any number of pounds, known as scalage, from the actual weight of any bale of cotton weighed or purchased by him; but the purchaser shall account to the seller of cotton for the actual weight of the bale purchased or weighed, except in cases of wet or damaged cotton when the amount to be deducted may be agreed upon by the purchaser and seller.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars for each offense.