PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 296-JUNE 28, 1944 and vegetables, whether raw, dried, canned, or otherwise processed, poultry, butter, hay, and other perishable farm products when offered for interstate shipment or when received at such important central markets as the Secretary may from time to time designate, or at points which may be conveniently reached therefrom under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, including payment of such fees as will be reasonable and as nearly as may be to cover the cost Travel in privately for the service rendered: Provided, That officers and employees who, ownedmotor vehicles under proper authorization, use privately owned motor vehicles in the performance of official travel within the corporate limits of their official stations for the purpose of inspecting and grading farm and food products and the supervision thereof at points located within the said corporate limits may be reimbursed for such travel at a rate thorizedtagnts not to exceed 3 cents per mile: Provided further, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the Departments shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained, $547,679. Marketing farm products: For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful information relative to the stand- ardization, classification, grading, preparation for market, handling, and marketing of farm and food products, including the demonstra- tion and promotion of the use of uniform standards of classification Cotton fiber anal-O f American farm and food products throughout the world, and for s'tat. 131. making analyses of cotton fiber as provided by the Act of April 7, IIi7, BUp. 1941 (7 U.S . C. 473d), $451,500: Provided, That samples, illustra- tions, practical forms, or sets of the grades recommended or pro- mulgated by the Secretary for farm or food products may be sold under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and the receipts therefrom deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscel- laneous receipts. Tobacco Inspection and Tobacco Stocks and Standards Acts: To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to establish and promote the use of standards of classification for tobacco, to provide and maintain an official tobacco- inspection service, and for other purposes", approved August 23, 1935 4stat.. (7 U. S . C. 511-511q), and an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics of tobacco by the Depart- 458tat. 109. ment of Agriculture", approved January 14, 1929 (7 . S . C. 501- 508), as amended, $933,500. Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Produce Agency, and Stand- ard Container Acts: To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 46Stat. 3l;568tat. approved June 10, 1930, as amended (7 U. S. C. 499a-499r), and the 7U.. . ., supp. Act to prevent the destruction or dumping of farm produce, and I, §499b. 44Stat.i35a. for other purposes, approved March 3, 1927 (7 U. S . C. 491-497), the Standard Baskets Act, approved August 31, 1916, as amended 39Stat.673. (15 U. S. C . 251-256), and the Act to fix standards for hampers, round stave baskets, and splint baskets for fruits and vegetables, and 45stat.68. for other purposes, approved May 21, 1928 (15 U. S. C. 257-257i), $210,000. Cotton Statistics, Classing, Standards, and Futures Acts: To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Act authorizing him to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of stat.'
62 cotton, approved March 3, 1927, as amended by the Act of April 13, 7 U. s. C., Supp. 1937 (7 U. S. C. 471 -476), and to perform the duties imposed upon him by chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code relating to cotton 3 stat.10. futures (26 U. S. C. 1920-1935), and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Standards Act, approved March 4, 1923, [58 STAT.
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