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482 SIX’l`Y·FOU'RTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 313. 1916. Act shall become and be efectiveon and after the first demi the calendar month next date `of the passage of t Act: ?ri·:°$'¤e¤¤. Provbled, That nothingm this ct shall be construed to apply to any °°“"’°°“ °* °"“° °" ‘l" ‘é‘°h‘T§£ $`u·’i‘“"'°t$§”"°‘Zd “°““°‘i2‘H£“ secti ct s ave nm epnor e . first Odlay foihitgig calendar month next succeeding the date of the $‘{¤3g_*§*gP““· Thatthe Act entitled ‘An‘Act to_ tax the privilege of ` p` dealing on exchanges, boards of trade, and sumlar gaces in contracts of saleof cotton foa1fi1turet’£;[li1Tery‘··and»f(<;rfo er ,’ pgovcd Augusto " teen , nine un an o - gig th Statutes attlgllarge, page six hundred and nineg—three), is hereb repealed, effective on and after the first daglgf e calendar {•¢':e°h°6r»gs¤,»a, montlyfnem succeeding the date of the pg? s,c1;;P;pm]ded, "°'· Thatnothing1nt;lnsActshaJltbe¤:qns__° to aifect any right or privilege accrued, any or habahty or any pro-

 un er za: _Act of August t;ightt;entl:;fn.1rn;eim§n

h an ourteen‘ or d¤mn1sh` anyauori coe y salid Act on any otlidal of the United States necessary to enable him to carry' out any `duties to be performed by him under the said (Apt, or to the egegzfof themiinhdilngs of the Eegrettary pif ` tureu n _ unersai.c,or $4:-let any inmgspect to or out of, any contract mentioned in sectngn three of zag; Act, md of on oraanébsequent tlc 1;:- ` teen nineteen an teen, rio to t t

 calendar month next succeeding the date dl tile passdge of

this Act, but so far as concerns any such contract said Act of August eighteenth, nineteen lumdredand 9urte•m,shaIlremainfnforcewith the same edect as if this‘Act had notbeen passed.

,,2; gi! “Sec. 22. That if any clause,-sentence, paragraph, or {part of this

¤•¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¤·r¤U¢¢· Act for any_reason be adjudged by aiily court o competent pmsdictiou to be mvahd, such ¥udgment sh not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereo , but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragaph, or part thereof directl involgedeén the controversy m whi such judgment shall have {een mn 8 IH · . Pam- B. Agwn ¤¢•¤¤•r<¤• That this fart, to be known as the United States grain standards ‘ IA? be and is hereby enacted, to read and be affective hereafter as o ows: ‘1‘¢¤•¤¤¤¤•r•d. "That this Act shall be known by the short title of the ‘United

 States grain standards Act.’ The word ‘person,’ wherever used in

this Aict, shgsll be gonlstliliued or singular, as the case cman , an s mcu e m vi , associations, partner- "¥¤ i¤¤¤=¤¢¤,, ¤r ships, and corporations; the words ` te tate f - H s°°° m°"”` merce,’ wherever used in this Act, meg; any Sl:.atgmT€;l1it>§r·y, 2;- or thirough any ogher Stat.e£}li'IQ;;anito1¥, or l)istric%l<;· U . or an ore coun , or `to ' rghmmudwsmlféfdj trict.’ When y and (![g)1‘O hG pifdgisioiilhqofrythig Act, the act, omission, or f ure of any o 018.1, agent, or other person !tChlIlg'fOl’ or employed by any association, artnership, or corporation within the scope of hisemployment or ogice shall, m‘every case, alsolbie deemed thetact, omission, rgigailgrehof such association, partners p, or corpora .1on as we as t o the person. d,,,",{Q“ mg “" "S .2.ThtthSe t fAgriult 'h ' sm "““"°’ to s€‘§Scg.e“n. §...d°u’§gT"gr2n¤g, i..d"i°..L?Sp0°§EZ1’{O§“§}‘°g'ii€.‘i and to fix and estabhsh as soon as may be after the enactment hereof standards of quality and condition for com (maize) wheat, rye, oats, barley, iiaxseed, and such other grains as in his 'udgment the usages of the trade may warrant and permit, and the Secretary of Agricul-