An Act to amend the act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton, as amended, by defining certain offenses in connection with the sampling of cotton for classification and providing a penalty provision, and for other purposes
PL 86-588 (H.R.11646), enacted 07/05/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-588-JULY 5, 1960 
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63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
Effective date. 
expenses shall not be paid upon promotion of a student trainee after 
completion of college work if such expenses were paid upon his ap-
pointment as a student trainee. Such travel expenses may include per 
diem and mileage allowance as provided for civilian officers and em-
ployees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and 
transportation expenses may be allowed whether the person selected 
has been appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the 
travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall 
not be allowed unless the person selected or promoted shall agree in 
writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months follow-
ing his appointment or promotion unless separated for reasons beyond 
his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. In 
case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the 
United States on account of such travel and transportation shall be 
recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United 
States. 
"(c) The authority of the Civil Service Commission to determine 
for purposes of this Act positions for which there is a manpower short-
age shall not be delegated. 
"(d) Nothing contained in this section shall impair or otherwise 
affect the authority of any department under existing law to pay travel 
and transportation expenses of persons designated in subsection (b) 
hereof." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of August 25,1960. 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
J u l y s , 1960 
[H. R. 11646] 
Cotton. 
Sampling. 
Offenses. 
Public Law 86-588 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and pub-
lish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton, as amended, by defining 
certain offenses in coniiection with the sampling of cotton for classification 
and providing a penalty provision, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act en-
titled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect 
and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton", ap-
proved March 3,1927, as amended (44 Stat. 1372; 50 Stat. 62; 55 Stat. 
131), is amended by inserting between section 3c and section 3d the 
following new sections: 
"SEC. 3C-1. It shall be unlawful— 
"(a) for any person sampling cotton for classification under 
this Act knowingly to sample cotton improperly, or to identify 
cotton samples improperly, or to accefjf money or other con-
sideration, directly or indirectly, for any negleftt or improper 
performance of duty as a sampler; s
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"(b) for any person to influence improperly or to attempt to 
influence improperly or to forcibly assault, resist, impede, or inter-
fere with any sampler in the taking of samples for classification 
under this Act; 
"(c) for any person knowingly to alter or cause to be altered 
a sample taken for classification under this Act by any means 
such as trimming, peeling, or dressing the sample, or by remov-
ing any leaf, trash, dust, or other material from the sample for 
the purpose of misrepresenting the actual quality of the bale 
from which the sample was taken; 
"(^d) for any person knowingly to cause, or attempt to cause, 
the issuance of a false or misleading certificate or memorandum of 
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classification under this Act by deceptive baling, handling, or 
sampling of cotton, or by any other means, or by submitting 
samples of such cotton for classification knowing that the cotton 
has been so baled, handled, or sampled; 
"(e) for any person knowingly to submit more than one sample 
from the same bale of cotton for classification under this Act, 
except a second sample submitted for review classification; 
"(f) for any person knowingly to operate or adjust a mechan-
ical cotton sampler in such a manner that a representative sample 
is not drawn from each bale; and 
"(g) for any person knowingly to violate any regulation of 
the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the sampling of cotton 
made pursuant to section 3c of this Act. 
"SEC. 3C-2. Any person violating any provision of section 3c-l of 
this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 
one year, or both. 
"SEC. 3C-3. In construing and enforcmg the provisions of this Act, 
the act, omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person 
acting for or employed by an individual, association, partnership, cor-
E
oration, or firm, within the scope of his employment or office, shall 
e deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of the individual, 
association, partnership, corporation, or firm, as well as that of the 
person." 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
Penalty, 
Public Law 86-589 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States code, to authorize certain persons to ad-
minister oaths and to perform notarial acts for persons serving with, em-
ployed by, or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States. 
July 5, 1960 
[H. R. 12265] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 936(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting the words 
"by persons serving with, employed by, or accompanying the armed 
forces outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, Puerto 
Bico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands," after the words "wherever they 
may be," in the introductory clause. 
Approved July 5, i960. 
Armed F 
Notarial 
"DA Stat 
orces. 
acts. 
, 77. 
Public Law 86-590 
AN ACT 
To authorize reimbursement of certain Veterans' Administration beneficiaries 
and their attendants for ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls. 
J u l y s , I960 
[H. R. 10108] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That subsection 111 
(a) of title 38, united States Codfe, is amended by adding the follow-
ing at the end thereof: "In addition to the mileage allowance author-
ized by this section, there may be allowed reimbursement for the actual 
cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls." 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
Veterans. 
R e i m bur sement 
of ferry tolls, etc. 
72 Stat. 1113.