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 1242 74m C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 249 . APRIL 25, 1936. Assignment for each (c) The Secretary shall establish for each farm in Puerto Rico farm. for each crop year a tobacco-marketing quota, giving due considera- tion to the quantity of cigar-filler tobacco marketed from the crops produced on such farm and by the operator thereof in past years ; to the land, labor, and equipment available for production of tobacco on such farm ; to the crop-rotation practices on such farm ; and to the soil and other physical factors affecting production of tobacco Proviso. on such farm : Provided That the total of the marketing quotas Limitation. established for all farms in Puerto Rico for any crop year sall not exceed the marketing quota for Puerto Rico for such crop year. Quota adjustments. (d) The marketing quota established for Puerto Rico and the marketing quotas established for farms in Puerto Rico for any crop year pursu ant to paragrap hs (b) and (c) of this sectio n shall be subject to such uniform adjustment during the crop year, not exceeding 10 per centum of said quotas, as the Secretary shall deter- mine to be nece ssary to establ ish and maintai n normal world stocks of cigar-filler tobacco produced in the continental United States and Puerto Rico and otherwise to effectuate the purposes of this Act. C3CPS, iss uance Marketing sung ce of. rthfi- (e) The Secreta ry shall, under such terms and conditions an d in acco rdance with suc h methods as ma y be establish ed in regulatio ns prescribed by him, issue, to buyers or handlers of tobacco from any farm in Puerto Rico, marketing certificates for an amount of tobacco equal to the marketing quota established for such farm, and, for any tobacco markete d in excess of such quota for such farm, sel l, to the buyer or handlers of such excess tobacco, marketing certifi- cate s for a charge equal to one-th ird of the cur rent market val ue of such tobacco, and the Secretary may require the buyer or handler of such excess tobacco to deduct the charge for marketing certifi- cates from the price or proceeds of or advances on such tobacco. Payments to pr o- (f) From the proceeds received from the sale of marketing cer- dueers. tificates pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section, the Secretary shall make payments to the producers of tobacco on farms in Puerto Rico from which the sales of tobacco, because of weather or diseases or loss by fire affecting the tobacco crops thereon adversely during any crop year, are less than the marketing quotas for such farms Rate. for such crop year. Such payments shall be at a rate per pound of such deficit as shall be determined by dividing the funds remaining after deduction of such amount as the Secretary estimates to be necessary for the payment of administrative expenses incurred in administering the provisions of this section by the total number of pounds by which the sales of tobacco from all such farms fall below the marketing quotas for such farms. certificate safe, p ete rohi bite d. wit hou t (g) The sale, marketing, purchase, or transportation of any cigar- filler tobacco produced, sold, or marketed in Puerto Rico during any period of time when this section shall be in effect is hereby pro- hibited unless a marketing certificate has been issued for such tobacco by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of this Act. aratefund; h use,ete5ep. Snc. 10 . Any receipts by the Secretary under section 9 of this Act shall be held Any r ecei pts a se parate fund and used by the Se cretary for th e purpose of paying administrative expenses and expenditures incurred or made in connection with section 9 of this Act. reparability provi- Snc. 11 . If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof sion. to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. les scbed. to be pre- SEC. 12 . The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Appr oved, April 25, 1936.