[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR737.24] [Page 275] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VII--FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 737--TOBACCO WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents Sec. 737.24 Receipts; basis for issuance. Before issuing any receipt under the act each warehouseman shall, unless he has personally weighed, inspected and graded, if graded, a lot of tobacco, first obtain either a copy of or the original weight certificate, and inspection and/or grade certificate, if any, covering said lot of tobacco and said weight, inspection and grade certificate shall be filed as a permanent record in the warehouseman's office when the receipt is issued. The number of the warehouse receipt issued for the tobacco covered by such certificate or certificates shall be written on the certificate or certificates before filing. Such certificates shall be retained, as a part of the records of the warehouse, for a period of three years after December 31 of the year in which the certificates are issued. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0560-0120) [SRA, BAE 129, rev.; 7 FR 6806, Aug. 29, 1942; 13 FR 8731, Dec. 30, 1948; 19 FR 57, Jan. 6, 1954, as amended at 29 FR 13369, Sept. 26, 1964; 47 FR 745, Jan. 7, 1982. Redesignated at 50 FR 1814, Jan. 14, 1985]