ACAL.A COTTON IX CALTFOBXIA 35 
Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any gin located or operating in any one of 
the districts in this act defined to gin any variety or species of cotton other than 
that known as Acala. 
Sec. 7. District number one shall consist of the county of Riverside ; district 
number two shall consist of the county of Kern ; district number three shall 
consist of the county of Madera ; district number four shall consist of the 
county of Fresno ; district number five shall consist of the county of Kings ; 
district number six shall consist of the county of Tulare ; district number 
seven shall consist of the county of Merced ; district number eight shall con- 
sist of the county of Stanislaus : district number nine shall consist of the. 
county of San Joaquin. 
Sec. 8. Any person, individual, copartnership, association, firm, corporation, 
agent, or employee who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this 
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, in addition thereto, shall 
be liable in a civil action for all damages that may be occasioned or caused 
by a violation of this act. 
Sec. 9. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall, for 
any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 
such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, 
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or 
part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall 
have been rendered. The legislature hereby declares that it would have 
passed this act irrespective of the fact that any clause, sentence, paragraph, 
or part thereof be declared unconstitutional. 
Sec. 10. That this act shall not apply to the planting or growing of cotron 
in the experimental stations or farms conducted by the United States Govern- 
ment ; the State of California ; nor to the transportation of seed or plants by 
interstate or intrastate commerce, nor to seed in transit from a point without 
one of the districts in this act defined to a destination without such district ; 
nor to the transportation of plants or seeds into one of the districts herein- 
after defined for experimental or technical purposes by the United States 
Department of Agriculture or the department of agriculture of the State of 
California. 
Sec. 11. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 
The enactment of this legislation by the State of California gave 
added stability to the one-variety districts and constituted the first 
recognition by State legislation of the fact that the growing of more 
than one variety of cotton is injurious to the community welfare. 
As has been pointed out by O. F. Cook, 5 such laws may be consid- 
ered as analogous to those establishing other community improve- 
ments, such as irrigation or drainage districts, elimination of noxious 
weeds or diseases, and zoning laws. 
LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR STATE CERTIFICATION OF COTTON- 
SEED 
A bill providing for the State certification of cottonseed was also 
introduced by Mr. Murray on January 16, 1925. It eventually passed 
both houses of the State legislature and was approved by the 
governor May 23, 1925. 
The act authorized and charged the director of agriculture of 
the State of California "with the duty of drawing up regulations 
and standards as the basis for the certification of pure cottonseed 
in the State of California, and to fix, establish, and collect reason- 
able fees for the certification of pure cottonseed." 
Rules and regulations for cottonseed certification were drawn and 
made effective in their final form October 16. 1925. The duty of 
carrying out the provisions of the act came under the bureau of 
5 Cook, O. F. Cotton improvement laws in California. Jour. Heredity, 16 : 335-338. 
1925. 
