13 USC § 43 - Records and reports of cotton ginners

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t13/s43"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "13 USC § 43 - Records and reports of cotton ginners"
title_number: 13
title_name: "CENSUS"
section_number: "43"
section_name: "Records and reports of cotton ginners"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF STATISTICS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COTTON"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1016; Pub. L. 92–143, Oct. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 393.)"
---


# § 43. Records and reports of cotton ginners

Every cotton ginner shall keep a record of the county or parish in which each bale of cotton ginned by him is grown and report at the completion of the ginning season, but not later than the March canvass, of each year a segregation of the total number of bales ginned by counties or parishes in which grown.

---

**Source Credit**: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1016; Pub. L. 92–143, Oct. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 393.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., § 74 (, ; , ; , ).

Section was derived from second paragraph of , U.S.C., 1952 ed. For remainder of such section 74, see Distribution Table.

Changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1971— inserted “completion of the ginning season, but not later than the”.