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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 473. Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information
It shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasurer,
secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cotton
warehouse, cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or other place or
establishment where cotton is stored, whether conducted as a
corporation, firm, limited partnership, or individual, and of any
owner or holder of any cotton and of the agents and representatives
of any such owner or holder, when requested by the Secretary of
Agriculture or by any special agent or other employee of the
Department of Agriculture acting under the instructions of said
Secretary to furnish completely and correctly, to the best of his
knowledge, all of the information concerning the grades and staple
length of cotton on hand, and when requested to permit such agent
or employee of the Department of Agriculture to examine and
classify samples of all such cotton on hand. The request of the
Secretary of Agriculture for such information may be made in
writing or by a visiting representative, and if made in writing
shall be forwarded by registered mail, or by certified mail and the
registry receipt or receipt for certified mail of the United States
Postal Service shall be accepted as evidence of such demand. Any
owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer
or agent of any cotton warehouse, cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or
other place or establishment where cotton is stored, or any owner
or holder of any cotton or the agent or representative of any such
owner or holder, who, under the conditions hereinbefore stated,
shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any information herein
provided for or shall willfully give answers that are false or
shall refuse to allow agents or employees of the Department of
Agriculture to examine or classify any cotton in store in any such
establishment, or in the hands of any owner or holder or of the
agent or representative of any such owner or holder, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000.
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