Grade of cotton to be indicated by names, designations, etc., used in official standards.

It shall be unlawful in or in connection with any transaction or transactions in commerce subject to the jurisdiction of this state or in any publication in this state for any person to indicate the grade of any cotton which is of or within the grades of the said official cotton standards by any name, description or designation or any system of names, descriptions or designations not used in said standards, but nothing in this section shall prevent the selling of cotton on types or samples.

(Ag. Code 1927, §379; Code 1940, T. 2, §177.)