Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-02
Compulsory Spmd-
Inspection Bill
Before Governor

L1Ilu6 SUCH IlSpCCblOl Del VIC, - v
decrease the number Of inspectors
or the compensation paid to them,
in which case the commissioner OF
agriculture shall conform to such
resolution of the commissioners
court by disseminating such inspec-
ton service, or by reducing the
number of the inspectors appointed
by the commissioner of agriculture
for such county, as such resolution
may provide.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of
the commissioners court desiring
such inspection service to file a
certified copy Of its resolution re-
questing the commissioner Of agri-
culture to appoint such inspectors
and the certificate Of the commits
sioner of agriculture, making such
appointment, with one duly author
lied agent Of each and all other
common carriers receiving ship
ments of potatoes in said county
and after such filing with any ON
mon carrier of copies of such reso-
luton and certificate, it shall not
receive or accept for shipment in
car lots nom any station within
such county, any Texas grown Irish
potatoes that have not been graded.
classified and inspected by inspec-
tor appointed by the commissioner
Of agriculture of the state of Texas
in accor, ance with the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 5. II shall be the duty of in
spectors so appointed by the ON
missioner of agriculture to careful
ly inspeo grade and classify all
potatoes SO offered for shipment in
accordance with the provisions of
this act, and pursuant to the rules
and regulations for such inspection
which shall be prescribed by the
commissioner of agriculture, and to
deliver one duly authenticated copy
of this report of such inspection to
the person offering such potatoes
for shipment, and one duly anthem
ticated copy to the railroad COM
pany or other common carrier re-
ceiving same for shipment, and to
post in a conspicuous place on the
inside of each car in which such
potatoes shall be loaded for ship
ment, a placard showing the grade
of the potatoes loaded in such car
and it shall be the duty of the
agent of the railroad company or
other common carrier making such
shipment to endorse on the bill of
lading issued by him for such pota-
toes, a statement of the grade of
such potatoes as shown by such in
Spector'S report.
Sec. 6. Before delivering his re-
port of inspection to the person Of
fering such potatoes for shipment,
said inspector shall collect from
him such fee for such inspection
service as shall be provided by res
Of the county from which such
shipment is made, not to exceed
three dollars ($3.00) for each car
lot Of potatoes so inspected.
Sec. z. All fees collected by such
inspector shall be paid by him
forthwith into the county treasury
of the county in which such inspec-
ton is made, to be set aside by the
county treasury of said county as
a special potato inspection fund"
The commissioners court of such
may, at its discretion, provide for
the payment of all inspectors ap-
pointed by the commissioner Of ag-
riculture for such county under the
provisions of this act, from such
special potato inspection fund.-" or
it may at its discretion, transfer
said fund to the general fund of
such county and pay such inspec-
tors from such general fund. In
any case. the general fund Of the
county shall be liable for the pay
ment Of all compensations actually
earned by inspectors appointed by
the commissioner of agriculture I'M
der the provisions of this act for
services within such county.
Sec. 8. Any person removing in
spection placards from a car before
1t is unloaded, or any person violat-
ing any provision of this act, Shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine Of not more
than n hundred dollars ($100.0 0) +,
or by imprisonment for not more
than so days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Sec. 8. A certificate of an IN
spector appointed under the pro-
visions Of this act, duly authenti-
Gated by his official signature,
showing the grade, classification,
quality or condition of potatoes in
spected by him, and all certificates
issued under authority of the con-
gresS of the United States relating
to the grade, classification, quality
or condition Of potatoes, shall be
accepted in the courts of this state
as prima facie evidence of the true
grade, Classification, quality or con-
ditoin of such potatoes at the time
Of such inspection.
Sec. 10. The fact that the potato
shipment season Is now at hand in
the southernmost counties of Tex
as, and that the potato growers of
such counties will suffer heavy loss
eS ur&ess efficient provision is
promptly made for inspection, grad
ing and classifying potatoes shipped
from such counties during the pres
ent growing season, creates an
emergency and an imperative pub
lie necessity that the constitutional
rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days be suspended and
this act take effect and be inforced
from and after its passage, and it
is so enacted.