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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 623. AUGUST 23, 1935 . 733 license competent persons as samplers to take official samples of tobacco, or as weighers to weigh and certify the weight of tobacco, or as inspectors of tobacco to determine and certify, upon the request of the owner or other financially interested person, the type, grade, weight, condition, and/or such other facts as the Secretary may deem necessary. The Secretarv is authorized to fix and collect such fees or charges Fees. in the administration of this section as he may deem reasonable, and the moneys collected, except a s provided in this section, sh all be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Fees or charges collected under an agree- ment with a State, municipality, or person, orbyan individual license d to inspect or weigh or sampl e tobacco under this Act, may be disposed of in accordance with the terms of such agreement or license. Charges for expenses for travel and subsistence incurred Tra vel , e te, ex- by inspectors or weighers or samplers employed by the Secretary pen ses. wh en req uired to be paid by the applic ant fo r serv ice, m ay be credited to the appropriation, or any other funds authorized in this Act from which they were paid. This se ction is intended merely to pr ovide for the furnishing of sec ti on construed. services upon request of the owner or other person financially inter- ested in tobacco to be sampled, inspected, or weighed and shall not be construed otherwise. SEc. 7. That the Secretary shall provide for such reinspection or Appeal inspections . appeal inspection of tobacco a s he may deem necessary for th e con- firmation or reversal of certificates issued under this Act. Each Tudicial recognition of inspection inspection certificate issued under this Act, unless invalidated or cater . superseded in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary, shall be received in all courts and by all officers and employees of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the state- ments therein contained. SEC. 8. That warehousemen shall provide space on warehouse Warehouse tickets. tickets or other tags or label s used by them for showing the grade Grade to be shown . of the lot covered thereby as determined by an authorized tobacco inspector under this Act. The Secretary may prescribe, by regula- tion, the form in which such certification of grade shall be shown, and may require that a copy of such warehouse ticket, tag, or label shall be furnished to the Secretary. SeC. 9. That the Secretary is authorized to collect ., publish, and a riai Banew s service distribute, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise without cost to the grower, timely information on the market supply and demand, loca- tion, disposition, quality, condition, and market prices for tobacco. SEC. 10 . It shall be unlawful- Unlawful acts . (a) For any person to use the words " United States " " Gove rn- t.nauthorized use of ~ ment ", or " Federal ", or any abbreviation thereof, in, or in con- designated words. nection with, any statement relating to the grade of tobacco when such grade is not, in fact, one of the grades for tobacco according to the standards of the United States. (b) For any person falsely to make, issue, alter, forge, or counter- Counterfeiting, etc. feit, or aid, cause, procure, or assist in or be aa party to the false making, issuing, altering, forging, or counterfeiting of any certificate, stamp, tag, seal, label, or other writing purporting to be issued or authorized under this Act. (c) For any person, not an authorized inspector under this Act, to Issuing deceptive cer- issue a certificate or report stating the type, grade, size, or condition tificates. of any lot of tobacco to be in accordance with the standards of the United States therefor which is of such color, size, arrangement, or wording as to be mistaken for a certi ficate issued under this Act, un less such c ertif icate state s in promin ent l etters in i ts hea ding that it is not issued under authori ty of the United States.