Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 8656 · Chapter 5. COMMODITY EXCHANGES
PENALTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Any person, either as agent or principal, who enters into or assists in making any contracts of sale of the sort or character denounced in the preceding Art. 658 for the future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities, or who maintain a bucket shop, as that term is defined in Art. 659, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding two years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 6.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CV/htm/CV.132.5.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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