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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. 111. cn. 125. 1919. 1351 States against imdue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to import into the United States from any country named in such proclamation, or to export from or ship from or take out of the United States to any country named in such proclamation, wheat, semolina, or wheat Hour, except at such time or times, and under such regulations or orders and subject to such limitations and exceptions as ghe Pres%)de1g1 shall prgsmziviblg-21 othervlrgfse orderscid by £e Presient or y ongress: r at no erence all be 'ven to ·"'°""°’- I the ports of one State over,those of gnother. Any persiln who ggngiiit id: violashall import, export, ship, or take out of the United States, or attempt mm" to imlplprt, export, ship, or take out of the United States, any wheat, semo a, or wheat Hour in violation of this section or of any regulation or order made hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000: Pmazea farmer, rnet when the reeeiaent finds ,..,*>,‘§°°§..‘%£.§¥’e.‘?.¥i *1*;; that the imgportation into the United States of any wheat, semolina, mmm pn"- or wheat our préoduced outside of the United States materially enhances or is ely materially to enhance the liabilities of the United States imder guaranties of prices therefor made pursuant to law, and ascertains what rate of duty, added to the then existing rate of duty on wheat and to the value of wheat, semolina, or wheat flour at the time of importation, would be sufficient to brin the price thereof at which imported up to the price fixed or prevail? ing under the direction of the President under or pursuant to this Act, he shall proclaim such facts, and thereafter there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon wheat, semolina, or wheat Hour when imported in addition to the then existing rate of duty the rate No I. me N of duty so ascertained; but in no case shall any such rate of duty duced. be fixed at an amoimt which will effect a reduction of the rate of duty upon wheat semolina, or wheat flour under any then existing tariff law of the United States. That the United States cotton-futures Act, approved August $£ll°§ef",l%§fl°°‘ eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen (Thirtyl-ninth Statutes at lnzgge, page four hundred and seventy-six), is ereby amended as o ows: _ In the fifth subdivision of section five of said Act, strike out the WMS 8°bs"t°°°°° words "good ordi.nary" whenever the same occur and substitute therefor the words "low middling"; strike out the words "l0w middling" and substitute therefor the word "middling"; and strike out the words "if stained, cotton that is below the grade of midd1ing" and substitute therefor the words "if yellow stained, cotton that is below the grade of strict middling, or, 1f blue stauied, cotton that is below the grade of good iniddling," so that the said subdivision shall read as follows: 1),,,,,.,,,, 0, ,,,0,,,,, "Fifth. Provide that cotton that, because of the presence of i¤·g1ugg_,{;>¤6,e‘Cl_\Si0u extraneous matter of any character, or irregularities or defects is meymiea. ‘ reduced in value below that of low middling, or cotton that is below Ed? °'·3°·P·‘"’»°“‘°“"‘ the grade of low middling, or, if tinged,_c0tton that is below the grade of strict middlin¤·, or, if yellow stained, cotton that is below the grade of good middling, the grades mentioned being of the official cotton standards of the United States, or cotton that is lex than seventh—eighths of an inch in length of staple, or cotton of perished staple or of inmiature staple, or cotton that is ‘gin cut’ or reginned, or cotton that is ‘repacked’ or ‘false packed’ or ‘II11XQd paeked’ or ‘water packed} shall not be dehvered on, imder, or m settlement of such contract/’ Strike out the sentence comprising the seventh subdivision of section five of said Act and substitute therefor the following: