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74TH CO NGRESS. SESS. I. CHS . 531, 532. AUGUST 14, 1935 . SEPARA BILITY SEC . 1103 . If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby . Separability of pro- visions . Reservation of
RE SERVATI ON OF P OWER power. SEC . 1104 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal any provision of this Act is hereby reserved to the Congress . S HORT TIT LE SEC . 1105. This Act may be cited as the " Social Security Act ". Approved, August 14, 1935 . Short title. [C HAPTER 532 .] August 14, 1935 .
AN ACT
[s.l2.] To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act . [Public, No. 272 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Packers and stock- ya rds Act, amend- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act to ments.
r egula te i nters tate and fore ign c omme rce i n li vesto ck, lives tock prod - Vol.42,p.159. u. S. C.,p.125. acts, d airy pro ducts, poultry, poultr y produ cts, and eggs, and for other purposes, approved August 15, 1921 (U . S . C ., title 7, sees . 181- 229), is hereby amended by the addition of the following title : Title V-Live poul- " TIT LE V-LIVE POULTRY DEALERS AND HANDLERS try dealers and han- dlers . N eces sity for regul a- a SECT ON 501 . The handling of the great volume of live poultry tion . Pest,p.1432. required as an article of food for the inhabitants of large centers of population is attendant with various unfair, deceptive, and fraudu- lent practices and devices, resulting in the producers sustaining sundry losses and receiving prices far below the reasonable value of their live poultry in comparison with prices of other commodi- ties and in unduly and arbitrarily enhancing the cost to the con- sume rs. Suc h practices and device s are an undue restra int and unjust burden upon interstate commerce and are a matter of such grave concern to the industry and to the public as to make it impera- tive that steps be taken to free such commerce from such burden and restraint and to protect producers and consumers against such prac- tices and devices . Licenses ; designation " SEC. 502. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and of areas where required . directed to ascertain from time to time and to designate the cities where such pr actices and dev ices ex ist to t he exte nt state d in th e preceding section and the markets and places in or near such cities where live poultr y is received, sold, and handled in sufficient quan tity to constitute an important influence on the supply and price of live five date Publication o of of designa° effeo° poultry and poultry products . On an d after the ef fective ve date of tions . such designation, which shall be publicly announced by the Secretary by publication in one or more trade journals or in the daily press or in such other manner as he may determine to be adequate for the ce nse the rre afte re
of h- purpose approximately thirty days prior to such date, no person Vol. 42, p. 160. other than packers as defined in title II of said Act and railroads shall engage in, furnish, or conduct any service or facility in any such designated city, place, or market in connection with the receiv- ing, buying, or selling, on a commission basis or otherwise, market- ing, feeding, watering, holding, delivering, shipping, weighing, unlo ading, loading on truc ks, tru cking, o r handl ing in c ommerce of
