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 602 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 157. AP RIL 21, 1934. To be mad e on appli- allotments to any farm shall be made upon application therefor cation therefor. and may he made by the Secretary based upon- Basis, percentage of (1) A percentage of the average annual cotton production of the average production. farm for a fair representative period ; or fa rmer fe ent cagge which (2) B y ascertaining the amount of cotton the farm would have bear to whole county. produced during a fair representative period if all the cultivated land had been planted to cotton, and then reducing such amount by such percentage (which shall be applied uniformly within the county to all farms to which the allotment is made under this para- graph) as will be sufficient to bring the total of the farm allotments wit hin the coun ty's all otme nt ; or uniform applicabil- (3) Upon such basis as the Secretary of Agricultu re deems fair ity of allotments, and just, and will apply to all farms to which the allotment is made under this paragraph uniformly, within the county, on the basis or . classification adopted. The Secretary of Agriculture, in deter- Volu ntary acr eage re- mning the manner of allotment to individual farmers, shall pro- duction ; n; not to be pen- vide that the farmers who have voluntarily reduced their cotton acreage shall not be penalized in favor of those farmers who have not done so. No per ce nta ge ap- (b) After the crop year 1934-1935 the apportionment shall not portionment after pe- riod. be on the basis set out in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section. Max imu m lim it a- (c) The total allotment to farms in each county under this section tion. shall not exceed the approximate number of bales allotted to that county under section 5 (b). Allotment pro visions SEC. 8. Whenever an allotment is made pursuant to section 3, not imfiespecified cases mod- to exceed 10 per centum of the number of bales allotted to each tate shall be deducted from the number of bales allotted to such State, and allotted in such State- Where less than 3t of (a) To producers of cotton on farms where for the preceding cultivation has been in cot ton. three years less than one third of the cultivated land on such farms has been planted to cotton ; New fields. (b) To producers of cotton on farms not previously used in cotton production ; Produ ctio n re duced (c) To producers of cotton on farms where, for the preceding by drought, etc. five years, normal cotton production has been reduced by reason of drought, storm, flood, insect pests, or other uncontrollable natural cause ; and r ily Pro duc ers reducing acreage vacreag- (d) To producers of cotton on farms where, for the preceding below require ments. three years, acreage theretofore planted to cotton has been volun- tarily reduced so that the amount of reduction in cotton production on such farms is greater than the amount which the Secretary finds would have been an equitable reduction applicable to such farms in carrying out a reasonable reduction program. Allotments consid- The allotments provided for in this section shall be in addition ered as additions, etc. to the amounts apportioned to the counties under section 5 (b). Exemption certifi- cates. EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES Applications there- SEC. 9. (a) Exemption certificates shall be issued by the Secretary for . of Agriculture upon application therefor, but only upon proof satis- factory to the Secret ary th at the produce r is e ntitled theret o purs uant void if erroneously to this Act and the regulations thereunder. Any certificate erro- issued. neously issued shall be void upon a demand in writing for its return made by the Secretary of Agriculture to the person to whom such certificate was issued. Manner of evident- (b) The right to a certificate of exemption shall be evidenced in mg. such manner as the Secretary of Agriculture may by regulations prescribe.