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SEC. 13. The director shall not engage in any other line of busi- 

 ness during his term of office, but shall devote his whole time, atten- 

 tion, and ability to the duties of his office. The director shall not 

 hold any stock or other interest whatsoever in any produce com- 

 mission business. 



SEC. 14. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the 

 "state commission market fund." All fees, charges, and costs col- 

 lected by said market under this act shall be paid into the treasury of 

 the state to the credit of such fund. All appropriation made by this 

 act or any subsequent act for the use of the market, shall be placed 

 to the credit of such fund. All expenses of whatsoever nature, 

 incurred by the market under the provisions of this act, shall be paid 

 from the said fund, after being approved by the director, upon claims 

 therefor to be audited by the board of control. 



SEC. 15. There is hereby appropriated out of any money 

 in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of 

 twenty-five thousand dollars, to be used by said director in estab- 

 lishing and carrying on the state commission market provided for 

 by this act. 



SEC. 1 6. The director shall make [annual report] .... 



SEC. 17. The director [shall give bond] .... 



SEC. 18. Sufficient commission for the handling of produce shall 

 be charged by the market to gradually build up a revolving fund in 

 a sum equal to the original appropriation, such fund to be used as 

 required in the operation or extension of the market. 



b) THE MARKET DIRECTOR'S VIEW OF HIS TASK 1 

 By HARRIS WEINSTOCK 



To carry out this broad and comprehensive scheme, the legislature 

 has appropriated (as a mere beginning, I take it) the sum of $25,000. 

 Of course, if the Market Director were to attempt to carry out the 

 full letter of the law, in the hope of handling the $200,000,000 or more 

 of the farm products of California, it would require on the part of the 

 state, for warehouses alone, an investment of millions. 



Speaking for myself, I should not deem it expedient for the state 

 needlessly to make such investment, and to involve itself in all the 

 burdens and responsibilities inseparable from wholesaling and retailing 

 farm products. The time may come when this may be necessary, 

 but, in my opinion, the time is not at hand. The hope that I have 



1 From a circular "To the People of California," December i, 1915. 



