The state warehouse commissioner shall settle the terms upon which cotton may be stored in the local warehouses coming under this article and fix the rate of storage thereon in such manner that these warehouses shall pay expenses, it being the declared purpose of this article that the system shall be self-sustaining and without cost to the state. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 9; Ga. L. 1920, p. 282, § 1; Code 1933, § 5-312. 10-4-73. Commissioner may negotiate loans on receipts and sale of stored cotton. The state warehouse commissioner may, upon the request of the owner of warehouse receipts, negotiate loans upon the same, or make sale of the cotton on storage, and shall notify the holders of cotton of the steps which will be necessary to avail themselves of aid in obtaining loans upon cotton or making sale thereof. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 10; Ga. L. 1920, p. 282, § 1; Code 1933, § 5-313. 664 10-4-75