The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] Page: 425 of 1,313
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FORTY-SIXTH LEGISLATUREE-REGULAR SESSION. 51
missioner a license to manufacture and sell or license the use
of the same, and shall at the same time execute and deliver to
the Commissioner a cash bond or surety bond executed by such
manufacturer as principal and by a surety company qualified
and authorized to do business in this State, as surety, in the
amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). Said bond shall be
in the form approved by the Commissioner and shall be conditioned
to guarantee that such coloring matter is free from any
matter or ingredient that is hurtful to the quality of such citrus
fruit and is free from any ingredient that is in any way injurious
to health. Said bond shall be payable to the Governor of
the State of Texas and his successors in office, and the aggregate
accumulated liability under any such bond shall not exceed
the amount named therein. Any person claiming to be injured
by a breach of any of the conditions of said bond may maintain
an action on the same against the principal and surety
named in said bond, or either of them, and any judgment against
the principal and surety, or either of them, in any such action,
shall include costs.
SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to treat any citrus
fruit with, or apply thereto, any coloring matter which has not
first received the approval of the Commissioner as herein provided.
SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to use on citrus
fruit, or apply thereto, any coloring matter unless such fruit
passes the requirements of the State maturity tests, and in addition
thereto, oranges shall pass the following minimum requirements
for total soluble solids of the juice thereof and for
ratio of total soluble solids of the juice thereof to anhydrous
citric acid:
(a) When the total soluble solids of the juice is not less than
nine (9) per cent, the minimum ratio of total soluble solids to
the anhydrous citric acid shall not be less than nine to one.
(b) When the total soluble solids of the juice is not less than
eight and one-half (81/2) per cent, the minimum ratio of total
soluble solids to the anhyrdous citric acid shall be not less than
ten to one.
(c) Coloring matter shall not in any case be applied to any
oranges which do not meet the standards set out in subsections
(a) and (b) above. Likewise, coloring matter shall not in any
case be applied to any oranges unless the juice content thereof
shall be at least four and one-half (41/2) gallons to each standard
packed box of one and three-fifths (1-3/5) bushels capacity, the
juice to be extracted by hand, without mechanical pressure.
(d) In determining the total soluble solids of citrus fruit
within the purpose and meaning of this Act, the Brix hydrometer
shall be used, and the reading of the hydrometer corrected
for temperatures shall be considered as the per centum of the
total soluable solid. Anhydrous citric acid shall be determined
by titration of the juice, using standard alkali and phenolphthalein
as the indicator, the total acidity being calculated as anhydrous
citric acid.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/425/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .