Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-16
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&eorEin and Alabama Ask Copies o.
Warehouse and Grading Bills

Columbia. June 1.-THE GeoraI.
and Alabama legislatures viii lne,'
in July, and by request Senator N.-
LAuH.A ...o Prepared otate warehouse
bills for introduction. Senator j.
0. Adams, of Georgia, will lead the
fight, and Senator McLaurin has
agreed to go before the committee
to whom the bill is referred. Ac-
companying these bills Is one to reg
ulate the grading of cotton, which
was drafted to be introduced in the
South Carolina Legislature last win
ter.
Congressman VIM. II. Murray, of
Oklahoma, has also requested copies
OF these bills, and they will be pre-
sented to the Legislature of that
State when it next assemblies. There
can be no doubt that there is a sys-
tematic and determined effort on
foot all over the South to conserve
the waste from the farm to the mill.
Senator McLaurin said that 1--WE
have law Of weights and measures,
which is applied to every product eX-
cept cotton A man is severely pun
ished who shortens the yardstick or
lessons the bushel or pound. why
not cotton? The United States has
established grades for cotton, but to
be effective in law, there must be
State legislation formally adopting
the standard and fixing a penalty for
the violation thereof. We have legal
Cotton Grading Bill.
The bill to regulate the grading of
cotton is as follows:
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State OF South Caro-
lima:
Section l. That from and after the
passage Of this act, baled cotton Of
fered for sale in South Carolina shall
be graded and classified according to
the standard grades fixed by the Uni
ted States Agricultural Department.
Sec. 2. That any person grading
baled cotton offered for sale shall OBJ
tain license from the State Ware
house Commissioner, who shall issue
a commission to such person to grade
cotton in the State Of South Carolina
only after an examination, which
shall satisfy him Of the compe ency
of the applicant to properly classify
and grade cotton according to the
United States standard grades.
Sec. 3. Any person grading baled
cotton offered for sale, without a Ii
cense as herein set forth, shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor and subjec
to a fine Of not more than 500 o.
Imprisonment for not more than 80
days for each bale Of cotton graded
by him without license as herein
set forth.
Sec. 4. Whenever satisfactory proof
is made to the State Warehouse
Commissioner that any person to
whom license has been granted un-
der this act does not grade cotton
p'&pori, according 10 lhc United
States standard grades. il shall be
,ho duty OF tho 3tate Warehouse
Commi3siouor 10 revoke 'hc license
OF such person.
Sec. 5. Any person who shall will
fully misgrade a bale Of cotton offer
ed for sale in South Carolina shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, each
bale constituting a separate and
distinct offense, punishable by a fine
of not more than 500 or imprison-
ment for not more than 80 days. A
variation Of 25 points from the Uni
ted States standard grade shall con-
stitute prima facie evidence of will
full intent on the part Of the person
grading the cotton offered for sale.
Sec. 6. A fee of five dollars for
each license issued by the State
Warehouse Commissioner shall be
collected for same.
Sec. 7. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
HOw'S This ?