Cold Storage: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 9521 and S. 3868, a Bill to Prevent Hoarding and Deterioration of and Deception with Respect to Cold-storage Foods, to Regulate Shipments of Cold-storage Foods in Interstate Commerce, and for Other Purposes. [March 23 and 30, 1920]

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Page 7 - ... for any cause to the custody of the secretary of the treasury, when demanded, for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond.
Page 8 - ... may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency or political subdivision thereof, or any person; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia...
Page 5 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 5 - commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States : or between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia and any place outside thereof ; or within the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession ; or between points in the same State, the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession but through any point outside thereof. (f ) The term "affecting commerce" means in commerce, or burdening or obstructing commerce or...
Page 7 - SEC. 5. (a) Whenever in the case of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance being offered for importation the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that such substance is being shipped in interstate or foreign commerce in violation of section 3, he shall give due notice and opportunity for hearing thereon to...
Page 7 - ... he shall give due notice and opportunity for hearing thereon to the owner or consignee and certify such fact to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon (1) refuse admission and delivery to the consignee of such...
Page 29 - cold storage " shall mean the storage or keeping of articles of food at or below a temperature above zero of 45 degrees Fahrenheit in a cold storage warehouse ;
Page 7 - ... within three months from the date of such notice, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. All charges for storage, cartage, or labor on any such...
Page 29 - articles of food" as used in this Act shall be construed to mean and include fresh meat, and fresh meat products, except in process of manufacture, fresh food, fish, game, poultry, eggs and butter.
Page 8 - ... shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and...

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