§ 473. — Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC473]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 19--COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES
Sec. 473. Persons required to furnish information; request;
failure to furnish; false information
It shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasurer,
secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cotton warehouse,
cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or other place or establishment where
cotton is stored, whether conducted as a corporation, firm, limited
partnership, or individual, and of any owner or holder of any cotton and
of the agents and representatives of any such owner or holder, when
requested by the Secretary of Agriculture or by any special agent or
other employee of the Department of Agriculture acting under the
instructions of said Secretary to furnish completely and correctly, to
the best of his knowledge, all of the information concerning the grades
and staple length of cotton on hand, and when requested to permit such
agent or employee of the Department of Agriculture to examine and
classify samples of all such cotton on hand. The request of the
Secretary of Agriculture for such information may be made in writing or
by a visiting representative, and if made in writing shall be forwarded
by registered mail, or by certified mail and the registry receipt or
receipt for certified mail of the United States Postal Service shall be
accepted as evidence of such demand. Any owner, president, treasurer,
secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cotton warehouse,
cotton ginnery, cotton mill, or other place or establishment where
cotton is stored, or any owner or holder of any cotton or the agent or
representative of any such owner or holder, who, under the conditions
hereinbefore stated, shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any
information herein provided for or shall willfully give answers that are
false or shall refuse to allow agents or employees of the Department of
Agriculture to examine or classify any cotton in store in any such
establishment, or in the hands of any owner or holder or of the agent or
representative of any such owner or holder, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
$300 or more than $1,000.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 86-507,
Sec. 1(3), June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 200; Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a),
6(o), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, 783.)
Amendments
1960--Pub. L. 86-507 inserted ``or by certified mail'' after
``registered mail'', and ``or receipt for certified mail'' after
``registry receipt.''
Change of Name
``United States Postal Service'' substituted in text for ``Post
Office Department'' pursuant to Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a), 6(o), Aug.
12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, 783, which are set out as notes preceding
section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service, and under section 201 of Title
39, respectively, which abolished Post Office Department, transferred
its functions to United States Postal Service, and provided that
references in other laws to Post Office Department shall be considered a
reference to United States Postal Service.
