The National tribune., 1908-04-09
culture be. and he is hereby. authorize,

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may provide. such classifcations and
grading of wheat, flax. corn. rye. oats.
, barley and other grains as in his iudg-
ment the usages of trade may warrant
ana permit In the Inauguration of the
work herein provided ne may IL in his
: Juogment the best interest of trade and
commerce in said grains require II
adopt the standards of classifica t;on
and grades now recognized by conn
] mercial uSageS or established by tba
5 laws OF any State or by Boards of Trade
, or Chambers of Commerce, and NAV
modify or change such classifcations
or grades from time to time as in his
judgment shall be for the best interest
OF interstate and export grain trade
Sec. s. That when such Standards are
Ixed and the classification and grades
determined upon the same shall be
made matter of permanent record I'm
!; the Agricultural Department. ana nuh-
nc notice thereof shall be given in such
manner as the Secretary shall direct
and thereafter such CLASSIFICATION and
grades shall be known as the United
. States standard
4 Sec. I. That from and after 80 days
after such clnssificaEions and grades
nave been determined upon and fixed.
ana duly placed on record as herein-
aIteF PROVIDED, such classification and
grading shall be taken and held to be
the standard in all interstate Commerce
/ in grain.
Sec. s. That it shall be the duty of
any railroad company. steamship conn
pany or other firm or corporation or
private individual engaged in the trans
portatlon OF grain destined to any State,
| territory or country other than that
IN winch 1t is received for inspection.
or received from any other Stale. Ter
rltory or country than that to which IL
IS consigned. to notify the Chief Grain
| inspector at the place of destination of
any consignment of grain, within "a
hours after its arrival, that a shipment,
cargo or load of grain is in it's. their or
ms hands and the place of destination
of said grain.
That ii shall be unlawful for any per-
son herein named to wilfuIly unload
or otherwise discharge any load, cargo
or consignment of grain which has been
at any time during the period of it's
transit an article of interstate COM
merce and which has not been inspect
ed in accordance with the provisions OF
this act, until the same has been in
spected as provided herein.
Upon the receipt of such notice the
said Chief Inspector shall cause the
said grain to be inspected and graded in
accordance with the classification and
standards fixed by said Secretary, and
10 issue and deliver a certificate of in.
spection showing such grade and classi-
hcation in such form as may be pro-
vided by rules prescribed by said Sec
retary.
Sec 9. That it shall be the duty of
said inspectors to inspect and grade all
grain which at the time of inspecting
and grading of the same has been
shipped from any other State. Territory
or country than the State, Territory or
country in which the same is inspected
or Is intended for shipment into any
other State, Territory or foreign coun-
try before the same is unloaded from
the car, vessel or other vehicle in which
the same was or is being transported.
and to charge and collect from the own
er thereof such fees for the inspection
or said grain as may be fixed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, who shall have
the power to fix the rate of charges
for the inspection of grain and the
manner in which the same shall be
collected, and which charges shall be-
regulated in such manner as will. in
the judgment of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, produce sufficient revenue only
TO meet the necessary expenses of the
inspection service, said fees to be coy.
cred into the Treasury of the United
States as miscellaneous receipts. in the
same manner as for other miscellaneous
receipts.
Sec 10. That no Inspector or Dep
uty Inspector of Grain shall, during his
term of service, be interested directly
or indirectly, in the handling storing,
shipping, purchasing or selling of grain,
nor shall he be in the employment Of
any person or corporation interested in
the handling, storing shipping. pur.
chasing or selling of grain. D-a aasf
Sec. II. That any person interested in
any consignment of grain inspected un-
der the provisions of this act may ap-
peal from an inspection made by any
Assistant Inspector to the Chief In.
;pector at the point where such grain
s inspected. and from said Chief In
'pector to the Secretary of Agriculture,
said Secretary shall make all needfuI
-ules and regulations to govern appeals.
Sec. H. That when any grain which
having been inspected and certificate
II inspection issued hereunder is mixed
With any other grain not inspected or
With grain which HIS been inspected
md certified at a different grade. the
anne shall not be shipped out of the
'tate where such mixing is done with
nut being reinspected and graded; any
uch person or corporation shipping
uch grain as aforesaid without rein-
pection shall be deemed guilty of
Sec. 13. That the shipment or con-
ignment of any grain aforesaid from
ny of the places mentioned herein to
mother State or foreign country with
ut the same being inspected and grad
d as herein provided is hereby pro-
ibited; but where grain has been once
hereunder and remains un-
1ixed with other grain, the same need
ot be reinspected at the place from
'hich it is exported: Provided, however,
hat said Secretary may in his disere-
on reinspect any cargo of such grain
efore the same is exported
Sec. IA. That It shall be the duty of
lie Inspectors and assistants to inves-
gate the handling and weighing of
rain inspected by them. and to make
lch report thereon as the said Secre-
Try may require: and it shall be the
uty of every person or corporation
eighing such grain to allow inspection
such weighing and handling by said
lspectors.
Sec. Is. That any person or corpora
on who wilfuliy does any act prohib-
eglects to do or perform the things
,quired of him under the provisions
this act shall be deemed guilty of a
isdemeanor, and upon conviction
hereof shall be punished by a fine in
sum not to exceed $4,000, or by i'm
'isonment not to exceed one year, or
? both fine and imprisonment
Sec. 16. That for salaries and for all
her expenses in the city of WASH
Ston or elsewhere deemed necessary
the Secretary of Agriculture to carry
1t the provisions of this act there is
'reby appropriated. out of any money
the Treas nfh