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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CIEs. 68, 69. 1929. 1079 cago River, Illinois, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and Con534 p 84 .' State of Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the Act enti tled "An Act to regu late the con stru ctio n of bri dges ove r na vi- gable waters ," approved M arch 23, 1906. SEC. 2. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to The Com- Michi gan Canal. Bridge i Ill., missioners of Lincoln Park to construct, maintain, and operate, at acros s, Con Chi cag o, of a poin t suita ble to the in terests of na vigatio n, a fr ee hig hway br idge, Lincoln Park . abutments, and approaches thereto across Michigan Canal, otherwise known as Ogden Slip, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the Act enti- construction. tled "An Act to regu late the con stru ctio n of bri dges ove r na viga ble Vol.34,p.84. waters," approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 3. That the actual construction of each of the bridges author- Time for construction ized in this Act shall be commenced within two years and shall be and completion. completed wi thin four yea rs from the d ate of the pas sage of this Act. SEC. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, January 14, 1929. January 14 1929. CHAP. 6 9 .-An Act To provide for the collection and publication of statistics 	 11 1. R .5 3 .] of tobacco by the Department of Agriculture. [Public No. 661 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tiG Leaf-tobacco ststis- tar y of Agricult ure be, and h e is hereby, a uthorized and directed secre tary of A gricu l- ture to collect, and pub- to collect and publish statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in lish the quantity of leaf all forms in the United State s in the posse ssion of deal ers manu- tobacco in possession of dealers, etc., except facturers, growers' cooperative associations, warehousemen, brokers, original growers. holders, or owners, other than the original growers of tobacco. The Details. statistics shall show the quantity of tobacco in such detail as to types and groups of grades as the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem to be practical and necessary for the purposes of this Act, and said statistics shall show the stocks of tobacco of the last four Separation of new and old cropa. crop years, including therein the production of the year of the report, which shall be known as new crops, separately from the stocks of previous years, which shall be known as old crops, and shall be summarized as of January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year : Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall Proviso. exe mpt. not be required to collect statistics of leaf tobacco from any manu- fac turer of toba cco who in th e preceding ca lendar year, according to the returns of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, manufac- tured less than fifty thousand pounds of tobacco, or from any manu- facturer of cigars who during the preceding calendar year manu- fac tured less th an two hundre d and fifty th ousand cigars, or from any manufacturer of cigarette s who, during the preceding calendar year, manufactured less than one million cigarettes, or from any dealer in leaf tobacco who, on the average, had less than fifty thous- and pounds in stock at the ends of the four quarters of the preceding calendar year. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards for fiataon atos l°o t ass ab- the classification of tobacco. He shall specify the types and groups lished. of grades which shall be included in the returns required by this Act. Such return shall show the quantity of tobacco by such types and groups of grades for new and old crops separately. The See- Blanks for returns . retary of Agriculture shall prepare appropriate blanks upon which the returns shall be made, and shall, upon request, furnish copies to persons who are required by this Act to make returns.

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