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Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS AND DESIGNATION OP PRESIDING OFFICERS

Pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 301 b and 511 of the Sugar Act of 1937 Public, No. 414, 75th Congress, Notice is hereby given that public hearings will be held as follows:
A t Denver, Colorado, in the House Chamber, Capitol, on October 14, 1937, at 9:30 a. m.
At Pueblo, Colorado, in the County Commissioners Room, Court House, on October 18, 1937, at 9:30 a. m.
At Scottsbluff, Nebraska, in the Emory Hotel, on October 21, 1937, at 9:30 a. m.
At Billings, Montana, on the Third Floor, Commercial Club, on October 25, 1937, at 9:30 a. m.
At Toledo, Ohio, in Room 418, New Federal Building, on October 29, 1937, at 9:30 a. m.
The purpose of such hearings is to receive evidence likely to be of assistance to the Secretary of Agriculture in deter mining, pursuant to the provisions o f Section 301 b of the said act, fair and reasonable wage rates for persons employed in the production, cultivation or harvesting of the 1937 crop of sugar beets on farms with respect to which applications for payment under the said act are made.
Any of such hearings, after being called to order at the time and place mentioned above, may fo r convenience be adjourned to such other place in the .same city as the presid ing officer may designate.
William T. Ham and Joshua Bernhardt are hereby desig nated as presiding officers to conduct either jointly !or severally the foregoing hearings.
Done at Washington, D. C., this 6th day of October, 1937.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agri culture.
seal H. A. W a l l a c e , Secretary of Agriculture.
F. R. Doc. 37-2966; Filed, October 6,1937; 12:47 p. m.J

Bureau of Animal Industry.
H a n d l in g o f L i v e P o u l t r y , S t . L o u i s , M i s s o u r i ORDER OF DESIGNATION

Whereas, the Act of Congress approved August 14, 1935, 49 Stat. 648 entitled An Act to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act , added thereto a new title, as follows:
T it l e V. L iv e P o u l t r y D ealers an d H andlers Sec tio n 501. The handling of the great volume of live poultry required as an article o f food for the inhabitants o f large centers of population is attendant with various unfair, deceptive, and
fraudulent practices and devices, resulting in the producers sus taining sundry losses and receiving prices far below the reasonable value of their live poultry in comparison with prices of other commodities and in unduly and arbitrarily enhancing the cost to the consumers. Such practices and devices are an undue restraint and u njust burden upon interstate commerce and are a matter of such grave concern to the industry and to the public as to make it imperative that steps be taken to free such commerce from such burden and restraint and to protect producers and consumers against such practices and devices.
Sec . 502 a The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to ascertain from time to time and to designate the cities where such practices and devices exist to the extent stated in the preceding section and the markets and places in or near such cities where live poultry is received, sold, and handled in sufficient quantity to constitute an important influence on the supply and price of live poultry and poultry products.
O n and after the effective date of such designation, which shall be publicly an nounced 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 purpose approximately thirty days prior to such date, no person other than packers as defined in Title n 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 receiving, buying, or selling, on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivering, shipping, weighing, unloading, loading on trucks, trucking, or handling in commerce of live poultry without a license from the Secretary of Agriculture as herein authorized valid and effective at such time. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both.
b A ny person desiring a license shall make application to the Secretary, who may by regulation prescribe the information to be contained in such application. The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant furnishing the required information unless he finds after opportunity for a hearing that such applicant is unfit to engage in the activity fo r which he has made application by reason of his having at any time within two years prior to his.
application engaged in any practice of the character prohibited by this Act or because he is financially unable to fu lfill the obliga tions that he would incur as a licensee.
S ec . 503. Sections 202, 401, 402, 403, and 404 o f said Act are amended by the addition of the words or any live poultry dealer or handler after the word packer wherever it occurs in said section. The term live poultry dealer means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling live poultry in com merce for purposes of slaughter either on his own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser.
S ec . 504. The provisions of sections 305 to 316, both inclusive, 401, 402, 403, and 404 o f said Act shall be applicable to licensees with respect to services and facilities covered by this title and the rates, charges, and rentals therefor except that the schedules of rates, charges, and rentals shall be posted in the place of business of the licensee as prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary.
S ec . 505. Whenever the Secretary determines, after opportunity for a hearing, that any licensee has violated or is violating any of the provisions of this title, he may publish the facts and cir cumstances of such violation and by order suspend the license of such offender fo r a period not to exceed ninety days and if the violation is flagrant or repeated he may by order revoke the license of the offender,
and Whereas, the said amendment authorized and directed the Secretary of Agriculture to ascertain and designate the cities where the practices and devices named in section 501, above, exist to the extent stated in said section, and the markets and places in or near such cities where live poultry is re2447