§ 417. — Distribution of farmers' bulletins.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC417]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 417. Distribution of farmers' bulletins
In the distribution of farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to
the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an
equal proportion of four-fifths shall be delivered to or sent out under
the addressed franks furnished by Senators, Representatives, and
Delegates in Congress, as such Senators, Representatives, or Delegates
shall direct: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify
Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress of the title and
character of each such bulletin, with the total number to which each
Senator, Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for such
distribution; and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bulletins
shall be printed the title of each bulletin contained therein.
(June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. 690.)
Codification
Section is derived from an Appropriation Act for the Department of
Agriculture, 1907. The last proviso of section relating to farmers'
bulletins not called for in quotas of Senators and Representatives was
omitted from the Code as obsolete in view of Attorney General's opinion,
27 Op. Atty. Gen. 288.
