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PUBLIC LAW 85-705-AUG. 21, 1958

Public Law 85-705 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately after section 314 of title III thereof the following new section: "SEC. 315. (a) The provisions of this section shall be effective, where applicable, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Within thirty days after the date this section is enacted into law, the Secretary shall conduct a special referendum of farmers who were engaged in the production of the crops of type 21 (Virginia) firecured tobacco or type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco which was harvested immediately prior to the referendum. The provisions of the regulations issued by the Secretary governing the holding of referendums on marketing quotas authorized under section 312 of this Act shall apply, insofar as applicable, to the holding of the special referendum provided for in this section. The purpose of such special referendum is to determine whether those persons eligible to vote therein favor the establishment, as hereinafter provided in this section, of a single combined tobacco acreage allotment for the 1958-59 and subsequent marketing years for any farm for which both a type 21 (Virginia) fire-cured tobacco acreage allotment and a type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco acreage allotment have been established for the 1958-59 marketing year. " (b) If two-thirds or more of the persons voting in the special referendum provided for in this section favor the establishment for the 1958-1959 and subsequent marketing years of a single combined tobacco acreage allotijient for any farm having both a type 21 (Virginia) fire-cured tobacco acreage allotment and a type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco acreage allotment for the 1958-1959 marketing year, the Secretary, through local committees, shall establish for each of such farms a single combined tobacco acreage allotment for the 19581959 marketing year and subsequent marketing years applicable to one kind of tobacco, either type 21 (Virginia) fire-cured tobacco or type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco, whichever kind of tobacco the owner of such farm or his representative designates with respect to the 1958-1959 marketing year and notifies the local committee of such designation within a period of time as determined and fixed by the Secretary. In the absence of such a designation and notification by the owner or his representative of any farm for which a single combined tobacco acreage allotment shall be established as provided in this section, the Secretary shall designate such combined allotment for such farm as either a type 21 (Virginia) fire-cured tobacco acreage allotment or a type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco acreage allotment after taking into consideration the prevalent kind of tobacco grown in the area in which such farm is located, the curing facilities on such farm, and the proximity and nature of marketing outlets. The single combined tobacco acreage allotment determined as heretofore provided for each farm for the 1958-1959 marketing year shall be in lieu, of and shall equal the total of the acreage of the type 21 (Virginia) fire-cured tobacco allotment and the acreage of the type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco allotment for the 1958-1959 marketing year established for such farm. No contract entered into under the acreage reserve program for the 1958 crop of type 21 (Virginia) firecured tobacco or of type 37 Virginia sun-cured tobacco shall be 98395-59-PT. 1-45

August 21. 1958 [H.R. 1:2840]

Tobacco allotments. 52 Stat. 48. 7 USC 1314. Fire cured.

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