§ 203. — Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency; benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration; penalty for failure to register.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC203]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
Sec. 203. Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency;
benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration;
penalty for failure to register
After the expiration of thirty days after the Secretary has given
public notice that any stockyard is within the definition of section 202
of this title, by posting copies of such notice in the stockyard, no
person shall carry on the business of a market agency or dealer at such
stockyard unless (1) the stockyard owner has determined that his
services will be beneficial to the business and welfare of said
stockyard, its patrons, and customers, which determination shall be made
on a basis which is not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and has
given written authorization to such person, and (2) he has registered
with the Secretary, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe, his name and address, the character of business in which
he is engaged, and the kinds of stockyards services, if any, which he
furnishes at such stockyard. Every other person operating as a market
agency or dealer as defined in section 201 of this title may be required
to register in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Whoever
violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of
not more than $500 for each such offense and not more than $25 for each
day it continues, which shall accrue to the United States and may be
recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 303, 42 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 85-
909, Sec. 2(3), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 90-446, Sec. 1(b),
July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 474.)
Amendments
1968--Pub. L. 90-446 designated existing provisions as cl. (2) and
added cl. (1).
1958--Pub. L. 85-909 inserted ``Every other person operating as a
market agency or dealer as defined in section 201 of this title may be
required to register in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe.''
