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74TH CONGRE SS . SESS. II. CHS . 745, 746. J UNE 24, 1936 .

1899 SEC . 2 . The Secretary is hereby authorized to collect and publish Pi ck ing or threshing statistics of the quantity of peanuts picked or threshed by any machines' person owning o r operating pea nut picking or threshing mach ines . SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of every warehouseman broker Duty of dealers, etc ., cleaner, or Sheller, dealer, growers' cooperative association, owner to furnish reports . or operator of peanut picking or threshing machines to furnish promptly upon request of the Secretary, within the time prescribed by him, completely and correctly to the best of his knowledge, a report of the quantity of peanuts on hand and in the case of an operator of peanut picking and threshing machines the quantity picked or threshed, segregating in accordance with forms furnished for the purpose by the Secretary . Any person required by this Penalty for failure to Act, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, to furnish reports or information, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof who shall refuse or willfully give answers that are false and misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or to' be subject to both such fine and impriso nment . SEC. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish and pro- ara'd be andbh and, mulgate grades and standards for the classification of peanuts, etc . whenever in his discretion he may see fit . SEC. 5. That the information furnished under the provisions of Use of info rma tio n this Act shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which furn ished . it is supplied . No publication shall be made by the Secretary whereby the data furnished by any person can be identified, nor shall the Secretary permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Department of A griculture to e xamine the indi vidual reports . SEC. 6. The Secretary may make rules and regulations as may be Adm ini str ati ven ile s, necessary in the administration of this Act and may cooperate with etc' any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, Cooperation with other agencies. District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person ; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, Employees. and fix the compensation of such officers and employees not in con- flict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside Rent, etc . the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, publications, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses, including reporti ng ser vices, as sh all be necess ary to the a dminist ration of th is Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and as may be Sums authorized. appropriated for by Congress ; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, s uch sums as may be necessary f or such purpos e .

Definitions . SEC. 7 . That when used in this Act-

"Person." (1) The term "person" includes individuals, partnerships, cor- porations, and associations ;

"Secretary." (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture . Approved, June 24, 1936 . [CHAPTER 746.]

AN ACT June 24, 1936. Making it a felony to transport in interstate or foreign commerce persons to be [S . 2039.] employed to obstruct or interfere with the right of peaceful picketing during [Public, No . 776 .] labor controversies . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That whoever shall knowingly transport or cause to be transported, or aid or abet in transporting, in interstate or foreign commerce, any person 'So in original . Int er st ate transpor- tation o f strike break- ers, etc.