§ 42. — Contents of reports; number of bales of linter; distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC42]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 3--COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER I--COTTON
Sec. 42. Contents of reports; number of bales of linter;
distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture
(a) The statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned shall show the
quantity ginned from each crop prior to August 1, September 1, September
15, October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15, December 1, December
15, January 1, January 15, February 1, and March 1; but the Secretary
may limit the canvasses of August 1 and September 1 to those sections of
the cotton-growing States in which cotton has been ginned.
(b) The quantity of cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments,
the quantity of baled cotton on hand, the number of active consuming
cotton spindles, the number of active spindle-hours, and the statistics
of cotton imported and exported shall relate to each month, and shall be
published as soon as possible after the close of the month.
(c) In collecting and publishing statistics of cotton on hand in
warehouses and other storage establishments, and of cotton known as the
``carry-over'' in the United States, the Secretary shall ascertain and
publish as a separate item in the report of cotton statistics the number
of bales of linters as distinguished from the number of bales of cotton.
(d) The Secretary shall furnish to the Department of Agriculture,
immediately prior to the publication of each report of that Department
regarding the cotton crop, the latest available statistics hereinbefore
mentioned, and the Department of Agriculture shall publish the same in
connection with each of its reports concerning cotton.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1016; Pub. L. 92-331, Sec. 4, June
30, 1972, 86 Stat. 400.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Secs. 72, 72a (Apr. 2, 1924,
ch. 80, Sec. 2, 43 Stat. 31; June 18, 1929, ch. 28, Sec. 21, 46 Stat.
26; June 27, 1930, ch. 639, 46 Stat. 821; June 28, 1949, ch. 256,
Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 278).
Section consolidates sections 72 and 72a of title 13, U.S.C., 1952
ed.
``Secretary'' was substituted for ``Director of the Census'' to
conform with 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, Secs. 1, 2, effective May
24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263. See Revision Note to section 4 of
this title.
Changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.
Amendments
1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-331 substituted ``September 1,
September 15, October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15, December
1, December 15, January 1, January 15, February 1,'' for ``August 16,
September 1, September 16, October 1, October 18, November 1, November
14, December 1, December 13, January 16,'' and ``September 1'' for
``August 16''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 7 section 2276.
