New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
Respectfully,
SUMMERS BURKHARI
United States Attorney.


NoPN1NAtiI
SUMMERS BURKHART,
United States Attorney
AN ACT
To amend an Act entitled An Act
to provide for the nation
al security and defense by encourag-
ing the production, conserving the
supply, and controlling the d.stribu-
ton of food products and fuel, ap-
proved August 70, 1917, and to regu-
late rents in the District of Column
bia.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate
and House Of Representatives OF the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That this Act may
be cited as the Food Control and
the District of Columbia Rents Ac.'
:. TITLE I.-FOOD CONTROL
ACT AMENDMENTS
That section | of the Act entitled
IN Act to provide further for the
rational security and defense by en-
couraging the production, cousete.ng
the supply, and controlling Inc dis
tribution of food products and fuel
approved August 10, 1917, g hereby
amended to read as follows
That by reason of the e>i,ten {
of a state of war, IT is essential to
the national security and defense,
for the successful prosecution of the
war and for the support and main
enance of the Army and Navy. to
assure an dequate supply and equit-
able distribution, and to facilitate the
movement of foods, feeds, wearing
apparel, containers primarily desig-
ned or intended for containing foods
feeds, or fertilizers; fuel, including
fuel oil and natural gas, and %fertlit-
ger and fertilizer ingredients, tools.
utensils, implements, machinery, and
equipment required for the actual
production of foods, feeds, and fuel,
hereafter in this Act called neces-
saries; TO prevent locally or generally
scarcity, monopoliZation, boarding.
injurious speculation, manipulation,
and private controls affecting such
supply, distribution, and movement
and to establish and maintain gov
ernmental control OF such necessaries
during the war. For such purpose
the instrumentalities, means, methods.
powers, authorities, dut es, obliga-
tions, and prohibitions hereinafter
set forth are created, established,
conferred, and prescribed. The Pre-
sident is authorized to make such
regulations and to issue such orders
as are essential effectively to carry
out the provisions of this Act"
Sec. 2. Section 4 of such Act If
August, 10, 1917, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
That it is hereby made unlawful
for any person wilfully to destroy
any necessaries for the purpose Of
enhancing the price or restricting the
supply thereof; knowingly to com
MT waste or wilfully to permit pre-
ventable deterioration of any nee
essaries in or IN connection with their
production, manufacture, or distri-
button; to hoard, as defined in Sec
tion 3 of this Act, any necessaries
10 monopolize or attempt to mono
pol re, whether locality or generally,
any necessaries; to engage in any
discriminatory and unfair, or any
deceptive or wasteful practice or
device, or To make any unjust or un-
reasonable rate or charge in handling
or deal:n g in or with any nee ssarieS
to conspire, combine, agree, or ar
range with n other person, (a) TO
limit the facilities for Transporting.
producing, harvesting, manufactur-
ing, supplying, storing, or dealing IN
any necessaries; (b) to restrict dis
tribution of n ne~cessaries (c) to
-~estrict the supply of any necessaries
I'D to prevent, limit. or lessen the
or production OF any
HTaES1reE in nrdar ~ aphaHIa Tho
price thereof; or (e) 10 exact ex-
prices tor any n~ecessaries. OF
aid or abet the doing of any att
unlawful by this section. Any
person violating any of the provi-
ions of this section upon convic-
-on thereof shall be fined not y
e eding 5000 or to be imprisoned
or not more than two years, or
10Th: PROVIDED, That this sec
ION shall not apply to any farmers.
Tardener. horticulturist, v%ineyardist.
ranchman, dairyman, stock
or other agriculturist, with res
to The farm products produced
II rails 4 upon land owned, leased.
Y cultivated by h I'M: AND PROVID-
I'D FURTHER. That nothing in
his Act shall b. construed to for
id or make unlawful collective bar
by any cooperative associa-
or other association Of farmers.
airymen, gardeners. or other pro-
nc RS of farm products with res
TO the farm products produced
r ra sed by its members upon land
leased. or cultivated BY them"
Sec. 3 That section 8 and 9 Of
Act entitled IAN Act to provide
Irther for the national security and
by encouraging the produc-
conserving the supply. and con-
the distribution OF food pro-
and fuel" approved August 10.
NJ, be, and the same are hereby
PROVIDED. That Of
.nse committed in violation of said
8 and 9. prior TO the pass
OF this Act. NAV be prosecuted
I'd the penalties prescribed there
enforced in the same manner and
18th the same effect as If Thu Act
I'd not been passed.