Every person opening a warehouse for the inspection and sale of tobacco shall prove to the county clerk by the testimony of two (2) impartial witnesses known to the clerk to be well qualified, from knowledge and experience, that the person is the proprietor of a good and sufficient warehouse, situated so as to be exposed to no extraordinary risk from fire or flood, and furnished besides, with all the implements necessary to the accurate weighing and inspection of tobacco.
T.C.A. § 43-19-102