1024 ARTICLE 27.

such factor, commission merchant, agent or consignee the aforementioned
vessel or vessels in as good condition as when he received the same; and
if any purchaser shall fail to return such vessel or vessels within five days
after receiving the same, the said deposit shall be considered as forfeited,
and the said factor, agent, consignee or commission merchant shall pay
the same over to the owner of such vessel or to the person entitled to re-
ceive the same at the next ensuing settlement of accounts with such owner
or person; and it shall be the duty of every such factor, agent, consignee
or commission merchant whenever such vessels are returned to him, to
deliver the same to the transportation agent or carrier that brought them
to the place of sale and to take a receipt therefor; the legal responsibility
of' the factor, agent, consignee or commission merchant for such vessels
shall thereupon cease and determine, and the transportation agent or car-
rier so receiving the same shall become responsible to the owner or person
entitled to receive the same for the full value of all such vessels until
they shall have been deposited at the landing or station at which they were
received.

An. Code, sec. 142. 1904, sec. 128. 1890, ch..619, sec. 92B.

163. Any agent, factor, consignee or commission merchant who shall
fail to require the deposit named in the preceding section, or who shall
fail to deliver to the transportation agent or carrier within forty-eight
hours after the same shall be returned to him any vessel that may be
returned to him by purchasers as prescribed by the preceding section shall
forthwith forfeit to the owner or owners' thereof, or to the person or per-
sons entitled to receive the same the full market value of such vessels,
which sum so forfeited shall be added to and be considered a part of the
price at which the merchandise contained in such vessels had been sold;
and any agent, factor, consignee or commission merchant who shall re-
fuse to pay over to the owner or person entitled to receive the same within
five days after the demand has been made therefor, any sum or sums so
forfeited for such vessels shall be subject to the penalty provided in section
164 of this article.

An. Code, sec. 143. 1904, sec. 129. 1890, ch. 619, sec. 92C.

164. Every agent, factor, consignee or commission merchant within
twenty-four hours after sale shall have been made by him of any farm
products or article consigned to him for sale by any person within this
State shall transmit to the consignor thereof a full account of sale, which
shall contain the amount and price of the article so sold, as well as the
name and address of the purchaser thereof; said address shall give the
city, street and number of house or place .of business of such purchaser,
and any agent, consignee or commission merchant who shall refuse or neg-
lect to comply with any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of five
dollars for each and every offense, together with the costs of prosecution.