The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
40 REGULATE GINNING
AND COTTON GRADING

IOH IN hCtC0 uuo " AAeSho s~AHA
Make More Effective Present Sys-
tenn of Cotton Grading
The following bill has been intro
duced in the House of the Legisla--
tuna by Mr.. Breeze of Cumberland
caurS18 lAny readers of The Robson
dan who approve the provisions OF
THE bill might help its passage by
writing their Senator or Representa-
tive *
A Rll TO BE ENTITLED, IAN
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE Ii
,CENSING OF PUBLIC COTTON
GINS AND FOR THE GRADING
AMP WEIGHING OF COTTON"
The General Assembly of North Car
DINA do enact:
Section /. The purposes of this act
are to provide for the regulation OF
cotton gins SO as to improve the quail
ity of cotton marketed in this State,
and u extend land make more effec-
tirx4 the present system of cotton grad.
Eng as authorized by Chapter IT'S
of the PublicfLaws of 1913.
The provisions of this act shall be
adainistered by the joint committee
for agricultural work provided for in
Chxpter 68 of the Public Laws Of
1913, through the Division of Mar
kets and Rural Organization, estab-
Eisfm1 under the joint committe for
agricultural work, in accordance with
an action of the State Board of Ag-
4ic1lture IN June, 1913. In admins
aeriny the provisions of this act, the
Joint committee for agricultural work
is empoweredto make and enforce such
rules and regulations as may be nee
AIRY to make effective the purposes
santi provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. The joint committee for ag-
ricultural work shall have authority
to employ such examiners, inspectors,
expert cotton classers, and such other
enpIoyes as may be necessary in
carrying out the provisions of this
act, 9and fix and regulate their sal
aries and duties -.
Sec. 3. After July 1, 1917, all pub
9ic gins that may be operated in this
State, whether by individuals, part
nefships, joint stock companies, or
corporations, shall be charged with
the p1Siic use and shall be required
TO obtain each year a license as pub
kir ginner.
To obtain such license, applica-
ton must be made stating the loca-
ton and capacity of the gin, by whom
owned and conducted, and the post
s6Gre address of the owner or ope-
Tator.. The application shall be ac-
companied by license fee of $3.50
for each GIN stand in said ginnery,
and a bend in the form prescribed
by the joint committee for agricul-
tural work, and which must be ap-
proved by the representative of said
COMMITTEE. Such bond may be that
of bonding and Indemnity company
authorized to do business in the
State, or by private persons. Said
bond shall be in the sum of $1.0O for
each bale of cotton ginned by the
said gInnery the next preceding sea-
SON. provided that In no event shall
n bond for more than $500 be requir-
ed of ginner for each ginnery that
he may own and operate, and provid-
ed further, that when a gin begins
business bond of $500 shall be re-
qulred for the first season; said bond
shall ne payable to the State of North
Carolina for the use and benefit of
al who may have cause for action
against the maker thereof under the
terms and provisions of this act. Suit
may be brought thereon against the
maker thereof in any court of COM
Epszsnt jurisdiction in. the name of the
aggrleved party without the neces-
:slty of joining the State in the suit.
SAID bond shall not be void on first
recovery, but repeated suits may be
x1ronght on one bond until the amount
OF the same has been exhausted,
When the bond has become impaired
by reason of any Judgment thereon,
Dire maker thereof Shall be required
tD give new bond, or make good the
impairment, or his license as a pub
IIc gIImer shall be cancelled. The
conditions and obligations of the
bond shall be. 1. That the samples
Soi cptton taken according to the pro-
vlsIuus of this act are fair, true and
Safrect samples of the cotton in the
males 4tsiat they represent. III. That
no boEeign matter or substance has
sza#n placed in the cotton, nor has
Tny water or anything that would
IasraaRe Ehe weight thereof been plac-
esd eSSrein during the process of gin
ming. >nr thereafter while said cot
tdM was I'm the possession of the GIN
rr- Ell. That all gins separate dirt
fiDm seed. ". That all bales have
besN weighed, and that the weights
given are correct.
Ginners may charge the producers
a Ese Of not exceeding 10 cents per
bSie for weighing and furnishing GER
tificate of weight.
SCI a. That each licensed and
b9nfed g1nner under this act shall
take from each bale of cotton gin
med by him fair, true and correct
sample of cotton weighing not more
ehan i've, nor less than three ounces
and place the same, together with
identifying marks, weight of bale
ara owners name and address il
such receptacles as are furnished fol
this purpose. The samples shall b.
sent in the manner and wherever di
rected, and they shall be classed o
GRADED by the experts employed TO
CHS purpose, which experts shall de
tfenrine the grade and staple, and nc
lily Ntne owner thereof of the elias
,of n.Tct Fhalp and furnish such othe