Missouri Laws 311.390 – Duty of carriers to furnish certain information — penalty for failure — ..
1. Every railroad, express or transportation company, or other common carrier or contract hauler, shall, when requested, furnish to the supervisor of liquor control a duplicate bill of lading or receipt, showing the name of the consignor and consignee, date, place received, destination and quantity of intoxicating liquors, received by them for shipment to any point within this state. Upon failure to comply with the provisions herein, said railroad, express or transportation company, or other common carrier or contract hauler, shall forfeit and pay to the state of Missouri the sum of fifty dollars for each and every failure, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
2. The supervisor of liquor control and the director of revenue are each hereby authorized and empowered to call upon the prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties or the circuit attorneys or the attorney general to bring any proceeding hereunder on the relation of the supervisor of liquor control or the director of revenue, as the case may be, to the use of the state of Missouri. The penalties collected shall be disposed of as provided by Section 7, Article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri, and section 171.010.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 311.390
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020