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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 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.''
