[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR735.29]

[Page 226]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 735--COTTON WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 735.29  Warehouse charges.

    A licensed warehouseman shall not make any unreasonable, exorbitant, 
or discriminatory charge for services rendered. Before a license to 
conduct a warehouse is granted under the act, the warehousemen shall 
file with the Department a copy of his rules, if any, and a schedule of 
the charges to be made by him if licensed. Effective at the beginning of 
any cotton season, a licensed warehouseman may change his rate of 
charges for storage and other services, and the new rates may apply to 
all cotton then in storage as well as cotton received thereafter. At or 
before the beginning of each season every licensed warehouseman shall 
file with the Department a copy of his rules, if any, and of his 
schedule of charges for the ensuing season. Should a licensed 
warehouseman wish to make changes in his rates to become effective at 
any time other than at the beginning of a season, he shall file with the 
Department an amended schedule showing the contemplated changes, 
accompanied by a statement setting forth the reasons therefor. No 
increase in the storage rate shown in such an amended schedule shall 
apply to cotton in storage at the time the changes become effective. A 
licensed warehouseman may demand payment of all accrued charges at the 
close of each cotton season. If, upon demand, the owner of the cotton 
refuses to pay such charges at the end of a season, the warehouseman may 
take such action to enforce collection of his charges as is permitted by 
the laws of the State in which the warehouse is located. Each licensed 
warehouseman shall keep a copy of his current rules and schedule of 
charges exposed conspicuously in the place prescribed by Sec. 735.6 and 
at such other place accessible to the public as the Secretary or his 
designated representative may from time to time designate. For the 
purposes of this section the cotton season shall commence, with respect 
to each warehouse, at such time not later than September 1 of each year, 
as the operator of the warehouse shall select, and he shall notify the 
Department in writing not less than five days next preceding the date 
selected.

[29 FR 15720, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended at 47 FR 35751, Aug. 17, 1982. 
Redesignated at 50 FR 1814, Jan. 14, 1985]