SECTION 165:75-5-1. General service

(a)   All persons, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of ginning cotton within the State shall properly equip their gins and hold themselves in readiness to perform such duties, unless for good cause shown, any such person or persons, individuals, copartnerships, or corporations shall be excused therefrom in writing by the Commission as provided in this Order.

(b)   All gins must be equipped with cleaners to properly clean seed cotton. In trade territories where 25% or more of the total cotton ginned over the latest consecutive three (3) year period is bolly, snapped, or machine harvested cotton, the gin shall be equipped with burr extractors, extractor cleaners, and extractor feeder machinery.

(c)   All persons, firms, or corporations operating cotton gins in the State shall perform such ginning service in a proper and workmanlike manner using due care and diligence in producing a clean product and saving for the owner of the cotton the full and fair weight of seed and lint to which he may be fully entitled.