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[CITE: 7USC215]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
 
            SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
 
Sec. 215. Failure to obey orders; punishment

    (a) Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly 
fails to obey any order made under the provisions of sections 211, 212, 
or 213 of this title shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 
for each offense. Each distinct violation shall be a separate offense, 
and in case of a continuing violation each day shall be deemed a 
separate offense. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit 
in the name of the United States.
    (b) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, 
under the direction of the Attorney General, to prosecute for the 
recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expense of such prosecution shall 
be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the 
United States.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 314, 42 Stat. 167; June 25, 
1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)

                         Change of Name

    Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted ``United States 
attorneys'' for ``district attorneys'' in subsec. (a). See section 541 
of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and 
Revision Notes thereunder.
