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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 865, 866. JUNE 28, 1934 . 1275 meaning of this section : Provided further, That this section shall P r i o r r i g h t s n o t i m t not defeat any valid right which has already attached under any paired . pending entry or location. The word `person' in this section shall "Person" defined. be deemed to include corporations, partnerships, and associations ." SEC . 15 . The Secretar of the Interior is further authorized in his Disconnected or iso. y lated traet may he discretion, where vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved lands of leased to owners of cou- the public domain are situated in such isolated or disconnected tracts tiguous lands . of six hundred and forty acres or more as not to justify their inclusion in any grazing district to be established pursuant to this Act, to lease any such lands to owners of lands contiguous thereto for grazing purposes, upon application therefor by any such owner, and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe . SEC . 16. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as restricting the restrateelaws, etc ., not respective States from enforcing any and all statutes enacted for police regulation, nor shall the police power of the respective States be, by this Act, imp aire d or res tric ted, and all law s he reto fore enacted by the respective States or any thereof, or that may hereafter be enacted as regards public health or public welfare, shall at all times be in full force and effect : Pr ovid ed, howe ver, Th at nothing Noovi so- limitation on in this section shall be construed as limiting or restricting the power Federal authorit y. and authority of the United States. A ppro ved, June 28, 1934. [CHAPTER 866 .1 AN ACT June 28, 1934. To place the tobacco-growing industry on a sound financial and economic basis, 	[H.R .9690 .1 to prevent unfair competition and practices in the production and marketing [Public, No. 483 ] of tobacco entering into the channels of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and Hous e of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gres s as semb led, DEFINITIONS Toha cco Cont rol Act. Defi niti ons. SECTION 1. As used in this Act- (a) The term "person" includes an individual, a partnership, "Person ." association, joint-stock company, corporation, or a firm, and imports the plural as well as the singular, as the case demands. (b) The term " Commissioner " means the Commissioner of "Com miss ione r ." Internal Revenue. Q) The term " collector " means the collector of internal revenue . "Collector ." (d) The term "tobacco" means any type or types of tobacco "Tobacco ." specified in any agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and a contracting producer . (e) The term " sale " means the first bona fide sale of each pound "Sal e ." of tobacco harvested subsequent to the enactment of this Act . (f) The term "tax " means the tax imposed by this Act upon the "Tax_" sale of tobacco. (g) The term " con trac ting pro duce r " means any person who auc contracting pro . (p ursu ant to the provisions of the Agr icul tura l Ad just ment Act ) agrees in writing with the Secretary of Agriculture to plant not more than the number of acres of tobacco, and/or to market not mo re than the number of pounds of tobacco, permitted in su ch agr eeme nt . (h) The term "cr op y ear" means the period May 1 to A pril 30. "Crop year." (i) The term "Maryland tobacco" means the kind of air-cured "Maryland tobacco ." tob acco cla ssif ied as type 32 in the United Sta tes Department of Agr icul ture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Service and Regulatory Announcements Numbered 118.