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 1518 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 288. 1923. such officer or officers of the Department of Agriculture, as may be designated for the purpose pursuant to the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for a determination of the true classification of such cotton or sample including the comparison thereof, if requested, with types or other samples submitted for the purpose. §,',},$§_ The final certificate of the Department of Agriculture showing such determination shall be binding on officers o the United States and shall be accepted in the courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the true classification or comparison of suc cotton or Rm etc M mb samples when involved in any transaction or shipment in commerce. missumjeee." The Secretary of Agriculture shall fix rules and regulations for submitting samp es of cotton for classification providing that all samples shall be numbered so that no one interested in the transaction involved shall be known by any classifier engaged in the classification B of such cotton samples. _ ,,,°"“'n¤,,m,"°' mo°“‘°'n,Q“’d Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture may cause to be colfv*¤¢· lected such charges as he may find to be reasonable for licenses issued to classifiers of cotton under section 3 and for determinations made undprbsectéon gw of this l§ctA;pd tihe amounts so collected shall be use y the rotary o icu ture in a `n ex nses of the Deémrtment of Agriculture connected therevgithi g Pe ,§’5“’°“°“°°“““°‘ _ nc. 6. That the Secretaxg of Agriculture is authorized to estab-   from t1m6· to time stan ards for the classification of cotton by masonry. which its quality or yalue maycbe judged or determined for commercial purgoses, which shall known as the official cotton stand- ,,,Ef°°“"° "““" ‘ ards of the mted States. Any such standard or change or replacement thereof shall become effective only on and after a date specified in the order of the Secretary of Agriculture establishing the same, rho:-no which date shall be not less than one year after the date of such mmm n,,,,,,,,,,,,n,_ order: Promded, That the official cotton standards established, effective August 1, 1923, under the United States Cotton Futures Act shall tietlpt Elie salxge timel the iiilicgal cotton standards for the puro is ct u ess an unti c anged or replaced under this Act. n§,“g',.§"¥,‘Q,f’“p,L‘,Fg,‘},‘§F ‘}§*,{ mnever any standard or change or replacement thereof shall be- ¤¤· come eifect1ve under this Act, it shall also, when so specified in the ‘ order o; gre %ecr:et3r§ of Agggculture, become effective for the puroses o e ni e tates tton Futures Act and~su rsed an m°,{§’,{°,$‘,s §§ b§“,°§ inconsistent standard established under said Act. W§°eneve`i· tbz ¤¤i$¤<1 by ¢¤• $•¤¤- official cotton standards of the United States established under this ' Act shall be represented by practical forms the Department of Agriculture shall furnish copies thereof upon request, to any person and Gamma, dc M the cost thereof, as determined b the Secreta of Agriculture shall " ‘ be paid by the person making the request. He Secretary of,Agriculture may cause such copies to be certified under the seal of the Department of Agriculture and may attach such conditions to the purchase and use thereof, includin provision for the inspection condemnation, and exchantge thereog by duly authorized re resentaz tives of the Department o _Agriculture, as he may find to be neces- Rmmlmmmwm gory to the proper application of the official cotton standards of the ,1..,m. United States. Any moneys received from or in gonuectiou with the sale of cotton purchase for the preparation of such co ies and condemned as unsuitable for such use or with the sale of suclh copies md masy be expended for the purchase of other cotton for such use. nnnI”"°°°g .,n,,,,n,,,’°"i,,,;‘,§,';_‘ uc. 7. hat in order to carry out the provisions of this Act the mm- Svcrehry of 4s¤¤¤l¤1r¤ is authorized to cause the inspection indluding the sampling, of any cotton involved in any transaction br shipgweitrtznmwiriolmmerm, Eghevrleyelp sught cotton may be found, or of any _ _ _ 10 8. e ermi ° - Am'!) lm tion IS requ de1‘ Section 4 of this 2%.011 of the true chsslica