§ 54. — Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC54]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 2--COTTON STANDARDS
Sec. 54. Classification by Department of Agriculture;
certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for
classification
Any person who has custody of or a financial interest in any cotton
may submit the same or samples thereof, drawn in accordance with the
regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, to such officer or officers
of the Department of Agriculture, as may be designated for the purpose
pursuant to the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for a
determination of the true classification of such cotton or samples,
including the comparison thereof, if requested, with types or other
samples submitted for the purpose. The final certificate of the
Department of Agriculture showing such determination shall be binding on
officers of the United States and shall be accepted in the courts of the
United States as prima facie evidence of the true classification or
comparison of such cotton or samples when involved in any transaction or
shipment in commerce. The Secretary of Agriculture shall fix rules and
regulations for submitting samples of cotton for classification
providing that all samples shall be numbered so that no one interested
in the transaction involved shall be known by any classifier engaged in
the classification of such cotton samples.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, Sec. 4, 42 Stat. 1517.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 55, 58 of this title.
