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invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the applications of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Aug. 23, 1935, sec. 16, Public 314, 74th Cong,)

615. Delegation of authority.-That any duties devolving upon the Secretary of Agriculture by virtue of the provisions of this Act may with like force and effect be executed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary may designate for the purpose. (Aug. 23, 1935, sec. 17, Public 314, 74th Cong.)

616. Title of act.-That this Act may be cited as "The Tobacco Inspection Act." (Aug. 23, 1935, sec. 18, Public 314, 74th Cong.)

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

617. Acquisition of information regarding world competition in agricultural products; investigation of foreign methods affecting production, marketing, and distribution.-That for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the agriculture of the United States and assisting American farmers to adjust their operations and practices to meet world conditions, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—

(a) Acquire information regarding world competition and demand for agricultural products and the production, marketing, and distributing of said products in foreign countries and disseminate the same through agricultural extension agencies and by such other means as may be deemed advisable.

(b) Investigate abroad farm management and any other economic phases of the agricultural industry and, insofar as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, conduct abroad any activities, including the demonstration of standards for cotton, wheat, and other American agricultural products, in which the Department of Agriculture is now authorized or in the future may be authorized to engage. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Department of Agriculture from conducting abroad any activity for which authority for thus conducting it may exist. (June 5, 1930, sec. 1, 46 Stat. 497; 7 U. S. C., sec. 541.)

618. Foreign Agricultural Service; relation to diplomatic mission or consulate. (a) The present representatives of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture now stationed abroad shall be officers of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States, and the Secretary of Agriculture may appoint other officers in said service from time to time in accordance with civilservice procedure. All such officers shall constitute the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States, and shall be known as agricultural attachés, assistant agricultural attachés, or by such other titles as may be deenied appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any officer in said service, when designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall, through the Department of State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic mission of the United States in the country in which he is to be stationed, or to the consulate of the United States, as the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate. If any such officer is to be stationed in a country where there is no diplomatic mission or consulate of the United States, appropriate recognition and standing, with full facilities for discharging his

official duties, shall be arranged by the Department of State. The Secretary of State may reject the name of any such officer if, in his judgment, the attachment of such officer to the diplomatic mission or consulate at the post designated would be prejudicial to the public policy of the United States.

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint the officers of the Foreign Agricultural Service to such grades as he may establish, with salaries in those grades comparable to those paid other officers of the Government for analogous foreign service.

(c) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to promote or demote in grade or class, to increase or decrease within the salary range fixed for the class of compensation of, and to separate from the service, officers of the Foreign Agricultural Service, but in so doing the Secretary shall take into consideration records of efficiency. (d) No officer of the Foreign Agricultural Service shall be considered as having the character of a public minister.

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(e) Any officer of the Foreign Agricultural Service may be assigned for duty in the United States for a period of not more than three years without change in grade, class, or salary, or with such change as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct.

(f) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay the expenses of transportation and subsistence of officers in the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States and their immediate families in going to and returning from their posts under orders from the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized, whenever he deems it in the public interest, to order to the United States on his official leave of absence any Foreign Agricultural Service officer who has performed three years or more of continuous service abroad: Provided, That the expenses of transportation and subsistence of such officers and their immediate families in traveling to their homes in the United States and return shall be paid under the same rules and regulations applicable in the case of officers going to and returning from their posts under orders of the Secretary of Agriculture when not on leave: Provided further, That while in the United States the services of such officers shall be available for such duties in the Department of Agriculture and elsewhere in the United States as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. Any officer in the Foreign Agricultural Service, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, may be given leave of absence with pay for not to exceed thirty days for any one year, which may be taken in the United States or elsewhere, accumulative for three years, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe. (June 5, 1930, sec. 2, 46 Stat. 498; 7 U. S. C., sec. 542.)

619. Clerks and assistants to officers.-(a) Subject to the requirements of the civil-service laws, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of, promote, demote, and separate from the service such clerks and other assistants for officers of the Foreign Agricultural Service as he may deem necessary.

(b) When authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, officers of the Foreign Agricultural Service may employ American citizens in a foreign country from time to time, fix the compensation of, and

separate from the service such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary. (June 5, 1930, sec. 3, 46 Stat. 499; 7 U. S. C., sec. 543.) 620. Employees on duty outside United States; expenses. (a) Any officer, assistant, clerk, or employee of the Department of Agriculture, while on duty outside of the continental limits of the United States and away from the post to which he is assigned, shall be entitled to receive his necessary traveling expenses and his actual expenses for subsistence, or a per diem in lieu of subsistence, equal to that paid to other officers of the Government when engaged in analogous foreign service.

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize any officer of the Foreign Agricultural Service to fix, in an amount not exceeding the allowance fixed for such officer, an allowance for actual subsistence, or a per diem allowance in lieu thereof, for any clerical or other assistant employed by such officer under subdivision (b) of section 3 [7 U. S. C., sec. 543] when such clerical or other assistant is engaged in travel outside the continental limits of the United States and away from the post to which he is assigned.

(c) Any officer, assistant, clerk, or employee of the Foreign Agricultural Service, while on duty within the continental limits of the United States, shall be entitled to receive the traveling expenses and actual expenses incurred for subsistence, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof, authorized by law. (June 5, 1930, sec. 4, 46 Stat. 499; 7 U. S. C., sec. 544.)

621. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture.-The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, cooperative and other farm organizations, or any person, and shall have power to make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, for printing, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, maps, publications, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel and subsistence allowances, and other supplies and expenses as shall be necessary to the administration of the Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. With the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture an officer of the Foreign Agricultural Service may enter into leases for office quarters, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of his office and the discharge of his duties, in advance in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance. (June 5, 1930, sec. 5, 46 Stat. 499; 7 U. S. C., sec. 545.)

EXPORT STANDARDS FOR APPLES AND PEARS

622. Standards of export; shipping without certificate; hearings.That it shall be unlawful for any person to ship or offer for shipment or for any carrier, or any steamship company, or any person to transport or receive for transportation to any foreign destination, except as provided in this Act, any apples and/or pears in packages which are not accompanied by a certificate issued under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture showing that such apples or pears are of a Federal or State grade which meets the minimum of quality established by the Secretary for shipment in export.

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe, by regulations, the requirements, other than those of grade, which the fruit must meet before certificates are issued. The Secretary shall provide opportunity, by public hearing or otherwise, for interested persons to examine and make recommendation with respect to any standard of export proposed to be established or designated, or regulation prescribed, by the Secretary for the purposes of this Act. (June 10, 1933, sec. 1, 48 Stat. 123; 7 U. S. C., sec. 581.)

623. Notice of establishment of standards.-The Secretary shall give reasonable notice through one or more trade papers of the effective date of standards of export established or designated by him under this Act: Provided, That any apples or pears may be certified and shipped for export in fulfillment of any contract made within six months prior to the date of such shipment if the terms of such contract were in accordance with the grades and regulations of the Secretary in effect at the time the contract was made. (June 10, 1933, sec. 2, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 582.)

624. Foreign standards; certification of compliance-Where the government of the country to which the shipment is to be made has standards or requirements as to condition of apples or pears the Secretary may, in addition to inspection and certification for compliance with the standards established or designated hereunder, inspect and certify for determination as to compliance with the standards or requirements of such foreign government and may provide for special certificates in such cases. (June 10, 1933, sec. 3, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 583.)

625. Shipments of less than carload lots; exemptions.-Apples or pears in less-than-carload lots as defined by the Secretary may, in his discretion, be shipped to any foreign country without complying with the provisions of this Act. (June 10, 1933, sec. 4, 48 Štať. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 584.)

626. Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence. For inspecting and certifying the grade, quality, and/or condition of apples and/or pears the Secretary shall cause to be collected a reasonable fee which shall as nearly as may be cover the cost of the service rendered: Provided, That when cooperative arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary, or his designated representative, for carrying out the purposes of this Act cannot be made the fees collected hereunder in such cases shall be available until expended to defray the cost of the service rendered, and in such cases the limitations on the amounts expended for the purchase and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles shall not be applicable: Provided further, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained. (June 10, 1933, sec. 5, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 585.)

627. Refusal of certificates for violation of laws; penalties for violations. After opportunity for hearing the Secretary is authorized to refuse the issuance of certificates under this Act for periods not exceeding ninety days to any person who ships or offers for shipment any apples and/or pears in foreign commerce in violation of any of the provisions of this Act. Any person or any common car

rier or any transportation agency knowingly violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 by a court of competent jurisdiction. (June 10, 1933, sec. 6, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 586.)

628. Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies.-The Secretary may make such rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person, whether operating in one or more jurisdictions; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, publications, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses, including reporting services, as shall be necessary to the administration of this Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and as may be appropriated for by Congress. This Act shall not abrogate nor nullify any other statute, whether State or Federal, dealing with the same subjects as this Act; but it is intended that all such statutes shall remain in full force and effect except insofar as they are inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto. (June 10, 1933, sec. 7, 48 Stat. 124, 7 U. S. C., sec. 587.)

629. Separability clause.-If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (June 10, 1933, sec. 8, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. C., sec. 588.) 630. Definitions.-That when used in this Act

(1) The term "person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations.

(2) The term "Secretary of Agriculture" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.

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(3) Except as provided herein, the term "foreign commerce means commerce between any State, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside of the United States or its possessions.

(4) The term "apples and/or pears" means fresh whole apples or pears, whether or not they have been in storage. (June 10, 1933, sec. 9, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U. S. Č., sec. 589.)

ARMY

QUARTERMASTER CORPS

631. Transportation for National Museum and Government Departments. That hereafter the Quartermaster General and his officers, under his instructions, wherever stationed, shall receive, transport, and be responsible for all property turned over to them, or any one of them, by the officers or agents of any Government survey, for the National Museum, or for the civil or naval departments of the Government, in Washington or elsewhere, under the regulations governing the transportation of Army supplies, the amount paid for such

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