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mendment No. 2 Registr y No. 1026-09 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LIMESTONE INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 27, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART 

UNITED STATES 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 113-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LIMESTONE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 27, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING Al\fENDl\IENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

LIMESTONE INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I. of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act approved June 16 1933, for approval of an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the Limestone Industry, 

and a Notice of Opportunity to be Heard having been duly given 

thereon and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, having been n1ade and directed to the 

President: 

NOvV THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I Hugh S. John on Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and other-wise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that said amendment and the Code as 

constituted after being amended comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said amendment 

be and it rs hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code 

in its entirety as amended. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

.Administrator fO'r Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

BARTON w. MURRAY, 

Division, .Ad1ninistrator. 

w ASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 27, 1934. 

76471°-829-155-34 (1) 
REPORT TO TI-IE P RESIDENT 

Th(;' PRESIDENT' 

The ,Vhite Elouse. 

Sm; Thi· is a report on a modification of the Code of F air Competition for the Lirnestone Industry, in accordance with Administrative Order X-36, of J\1ay 26, 1934, relative to collection of Expenses 

of Co 1 Administration. 

This amendment i proposed in snbsti.tntion for Article VI , Section 1 ( e), sub-section G, of the Limestone Code, approved November 

14, 1933. An opportunity to be heard has been accorded to all 

~nterestecl parties. 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on 

.,;aid amendment to said Code haYing found as herein ·et forth and 

on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Coc.1° as amended are 

well de -igued to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Inclnstrial Recovery Act inclu :ling the Temoval of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and fore i()'n commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the pu11pose 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate gover111n0ntal sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the 

present productiYe capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production ( e::s:cept as may be temporarily required), by increasing the con ·umption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purcha ·ing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improYing standards of labor, a,nd by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertineht provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

subsection (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7 and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empower the Code Authority to present the aforesaid amen :lment on behalf of the industry as a Yvhole. 

(cl) The amendment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

and will not pern1it monopolies or monopoli tic practices. 

( e) The aniendment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to clj,·crimjnate against them. 

( f) Those engaged in other ,$,t.eps of the economic process ha Ye 

not been cleprivetl of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. 

Said amendment is accordingly approved. 

Respectfully, 

H UGH S. J OHNSON' 

J ULY 27, i934. 

A (lnidnistrato1·. 

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AMEND~1ENT TO CODE OF FAIR C01VIPETITION FOR 

THE LI1\1ESTONE INDUSTRY 

Delete pre ent Sub- ection 6 f Section 1, ( e) of Article VI and 

substitute the following as sub ction 6: 

a. It being foun 1 nece · ary in order to upport the admini 'tra- tion of this code and to majntain the stan lards of f air competition 

e. tabli heel hereund r and t o eff ectuat0 the policy of the act, the 

Code Authority is authorized: 

(1) To incur such reasonuble obligation. a are nece ·sary and 

pro1 er for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations 

out of funds \\'hich may be rai eel as hereinafter proYided and 

which ·hall be hell in tru t for the purpo es of he code; 

(2) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject 

to such notice and opportunity to be heard as he m.ay deem 

nece ar3 ( 1) an itemize cl budget of it e timatecl ex.pen ·es for 

the foregoing purpo ·e , anll (2 ) an equitable basis upon which 

the funds nece sary to . upport such budget hall be contributed 

by members of the industry; 

( 3) After such budget and basis of contributi n have been 

approYecl by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution QS aboye set forth by all members of the 

in lustry, and to that end, if neces arv, to institute legal proceedings ther efor in its own name. 

b. Each member of the indu try shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenc::es of the maintenance of the Code Authority, leterminecl a hereinabove provi-:lecl, and subject to rules and 

regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only 

members of the industry complying with the code and contributing 

to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided unless 

duly exempted from making such contribution , hall be entitle 1 to 

participate in the selection of member · of the Code Authority or 

to receive the benefits of any of it. voluntary actiYities or to make 

use of any emblem or insig11ia of the ational Recoverv \.dministration. c. The Code Authority ,'hall neither incur nor pay any obligation sub -tantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in 

its approYed budget, except upon approYal of the Admini trator; 

and no subsequent budget shall contain any defi ciency item for ex- penditure in exce · of prior budget tirnates except those which 

the Administrator hall have o approved. 

ApproYell Code No. 113-Amendment No. 2. Registry No. 1023-0D. 

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