§ 10-4-54 — Duties of commissioner generally

It shall be the duty of the commissioner to study the condition under which cotton is grown, harvested, ginned, baled, covered, stored, and marketed and as a result of such investigation to organize a system that will bring about needed reforms and provide for the most economical and scientific handling of this crop from the fields to the mill and, when he shall have determined upon the best system of ginning, baling, and covering, to recommend its adoption by all ginners as fast as practicable, without undue expense.