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REGISTER

FEDERAL
1934

VOLUME 3

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NUMBER 166

Washington, Thursday, August 25, 1938
Rules, Regulations, Orders TITLE 16COMPETITIVE PRACTICES
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Docket No. 3207

In
the
M atter
of
M erco S ales C ompany
S ec. 3.99 b. Using or selling lottery devicesIn merchandising.Supplying, etc., to others, in connection with sale of bedspreads, tablecloths, silverware, hosiery, etc., pushcards or other lottery devices to enable recipients to dispose thereby of such merchandise, prohibited.
Sec. 5b, 52 Stat. 112; 15 U. S. C., Supp.
TV, sec. 45b. Cease and desist order, Merco Sales Company, Docket 3207, August 12, 1938.1
S ec. 3.99 b. Using or selling lottery devicesIn merchandising. Mailing, etc., to agents, etc., or to members of the public, in connection with sale of bed spreads, tablecloths, silverware, hosiery, etc., pushcards or other lottery devices so prepared or printed as to enable per sons to sell, etc., such merchandise by the use thereof, prohibited. Sec. 5b, 52 Stat.
m ; 15 U. S. C., Supp. TV, sec. 45b.
Cease and desist order, Merco Sales Company, Docket 3207, August 12, 1938.1
S ec. 3.99 b. Using or selling lottery devicesIn merchandising. Selling or otherwise disposing of bedspreads, table cloths, silverware, hosiery, etc., by use of pushcards or other lottery devices, pro hibited. Sec. 5b, 52 Stat. 112; 15 U. S.
C., Supp. IV, sec. 45b. Cease and desist order, Merco Sales Company, Docket 3207, August 12, 1938.1

United States of AmericaBefore Federal Trade Commission At a regular session of the Federal Trade Commission, held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C., on the 12th day of August, A. D. 1938.
Commissioners : Garland S. Ferguson, Chairman; Charles H. March, Ewin L.
Davis, William A. Ayres, Robert E.
Freer.

In
the M atter of J ohn C. M erritt , I ndividually and T rading as M erco S ales Company
ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST

This proceeding having been h eard1
by the Federal Trade Commission upon the complaint of the Commission and the substitute answer of respondent ad mitting all the material allegations of the complaint to be true and waiving the taking of further evidence and all other intervening procedure, and the Commission having made its findings as to the facts and its conclusion that said respondent has violated the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act;
It is ordered, That the respondent, John C. Merritt, individually and trad ing as Merco Sales Company, or under any other name, his agents, representa tives and employees, in connection with the offering for sale, sale and distribu tion of bedspreads, bed sheets, table cloths and napkins, silverware, mens shirts, ladies lingerie and hosiery, and other articles of merchandise in inter state commerce or in the District of Columbia, do forthwith cease and de sist from:
1 Supplying to or placing in the hands of others pushcards or other lot tery devices for the purpose of enabling such persons to dispose of or sell such articles of merchandise by the use thereof.
2 Mailing, shipping or transporting to his agents or to distributors or to members of the public pushcards or other lottery devices so prepared or printed as to enable said persons to sell or distribute such articles of merchan dise by the use thereof.
3 Selling or otherwise disposing of such articles of merchandise by the use of pushcards or any other lottery de vices.
It is further ordered, That said re spondent shall, within sixty 60 days from the date of the service of this order 13 F. R. 1020 DI.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 16C ompetitive P ractices:

Federal Trade Commission:
Merco Sales Co., cease and de sist order_____________
T itle 19C ustoms D u ties :
Bureau of Customs:
Bobwhite Quail from Mexico, revocation of regulations governing importation__
Marking of articles to indi cate country of origin___
T itle 20F ish and G ame:
Bureau of Fisheries:
Alaska fishery regulations amended_____________
T itle 38P ensions , B onuses , V eterans R e l ie f :

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and
Veterans Administration:
Application for increase based upon changed physical condition_____________ 2082
Occupational therapy_______ 2083
Rates of death pension and compensation for widows, etc___________________ 2083
upon him, file with the Commission a re port in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which he has complied therewith.
By the Commission.
seal O tis B. J ohnson , Secretary.
F. R. Doc. 38-2490; Filed, August 23,1938;
3:22 p. m.

TITLE 19CUSTOMS DUTIES
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
I mportation
of
B obwhite Q uail F rom M exico
REVOCATION OF REGULATIONS OF NOVEMBER
21, 1927

Effective September 1, 1938, the joint regulations of the Secretary of the 2081