SEV EN TY- FI RST C ONGRESS . SESS. III. CH. 366. 1931 .
1465 scribed hereunder, so far as the same may relate to him, or that he has used his license or allowed it to be used for any improper pur- pose whatever . Pending investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture, Temporary suspen- b
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sion, w ithou t hearing . or his designated representative, whenever he deems necessary, may suspend a license temporarily without hearing ."
Vol . 39, p . 4 90, SEC . 8 . That section 25 of the United States Warehouse Act, amended . approved August 11, 1916, as amended (U . S . C ., title 7, sec . 264), is u. S. C.,p. 110. amended to read as follows :
Suspension or revo- " SEC. 25. That the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designated cation of wa rehouse- man's license for viola- represe ntativ e, may , afte r oppo rtunit y for h earing has b een af forded ton s, or for e xor bit ant to the licensee concerned, suspend or revoke any license to any charges, etc • warehouseman conducting a warehouse under this Act, for any vio- lation of or failure to comply with any provision of this Act or of the rules and regulations made hereunder, or upon the ground that unreasonable or exorbitant charges have been made for services Temporary sus pen- rendered . Pending investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture, or sions , etc . his designated representative, whenever he deems necessary, may suspend a license temporarily without hearing ."
Vol. 39, p. 490; Vol. SEC. 9. That section 29 of the United States Warehouse Act, 4z, p. 1285, amended . approved August 11, 1916, as amended (U. S. C., title 7, sec. 269), u. s. C.,p.110. is amended to read as follows :
Coop erati on wi th " SEC. 29. That in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture state authorities . he is authorized to cooperate with State officials charged with the enforcement of State laws relating to warehouses, warehousemen, Authority of Secre . weighers, graders, inspectors, samplers, or classifiers
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jurisdi ction, and a uthori ty con ferred upon t he Sec retary of Ag ricul- ture under this Aet shall be exclusive with respect to all persons securing a license hereunder so long as said license remains in effect . Oper ation of exist ing This Act shall not be construed so as to limit the operation of any laws not impaired . statute of th e Unit ed Sta tes re lating to war ehouse s or t o ware house- men, weighers, graders, inspectors, samplers, or classifiers now in force i n the Distri ct of Columb ia or in any Territ ory or other place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States ."
Vol. 39, p. 490; Vol. SEC . 10 . That section 30 of the United States Warehouse Act, 42, p . 1285, amended . approved August 11, 1916, as amended (U . S . C., title 7, sec . 270), u . S. C.,p. 110. is amended to read as follows :
Punishment for vio- " SEC . 30 . That every person who shall forge, alter, counterfeit, lati ons . simulate, or falsely represent, or shall without proper authority use, supra' any license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designated representative, under this Act, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of section 8 of this Act, or who shall issue or Altering receipt, etc., utter a false or fr audule nt rec eipt o r certi ficate , or c hange in any subsequent to issue, manner an original receipt or certificate subsequently to issuance added . by a licensee, or any person who, without lawful authority, shall convert to his own use, or use for purposes of securing a loan, or remove from a licen sed wa rehous e cont rary to this Act or the r egula- Conversion of stored tions promulgated thereunder, any agricultural products stored or p rod ucts. to be sto red in such wareho use, a nd for which licens ed rec eipts have been or are to be issued, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, Punishment in- and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $10,000, or creased . double the value of the products involved if such double value exceeds $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and the owner of the agricultural products so converted, used, or removed may, in the discretion of Rei mb urs eme nt to the Secretary of Agriculture, be reimbursed for the value thereof owner . out of any fine collected hereunder, by check drawn on the Treasury at the direction of the Secretary of Y Agriculture, for the value of such products to the extent that such owner has not otherwise been Misrepresen tations . reimbursed . That any person who shall draw with intent to deceive, a false sample of, or who shall willfully mutilate or falsely represent
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