§ 416. — Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc., for distribution.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC416]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 416. Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc.,
for distribution
The Secretary of Agriculture, after due advertisement and on
competitive bids, is authorized to award the contract for the supplying
of printed packets and envelopes and the packeting, assembling, and
mailing of the seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, or any
part thereof, for a period of not more than five years nor less than one
year, if by such action he can best protect the interests of the United
States.
(May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 517.)
Codification
Section is from the Agriculture Department Appropriation Act, 1923.
