[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: 7CFR737.2]

[Page 271]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 737--TOBACCO WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 737.2  Terms defined.

    For the purposes of this part, unless otherwise provided, the 
following terms shall mean:
    (a) The act. The United States Warehouse Act, approved August 11, 
1916 (39 Stat. 486; 7 U.S.C. 241-273), as amended.
    (b) Person. An individual, corporation, partnership, or two or more 
persons having a joint or common interest.
    (c) Secretary. ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture of 
the United States or any officer or employee of the Department to whom 
authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may 
hereafter be delegated, to act in his stead.
    (d) Designated representative. The Administrator.
    (e) Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.
    (f) Service. The Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.
    (g) Administrator. The Administrator of the Service, or any other 
officer or employee of the Service to whom authority has heretofore 
lawfully been delegated, or may hereafter lawfully be delegated, to act 
in his stead.
    (h) Regulations. Rules and regulations made under the act by the 
Secretary.
    (i) Warehouse. Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, 
any suitable building, structure, or other protected inclosure in which 
tobacco is or may be stored for interstate or foreign commerce, or, if 
located within any place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United 
States, in which tobacco is or may be stored and for which a license has 
been issued under the act.
    (j)Warehouseman. Any person lawfully engaged in the business of 
storing tobacco and holding a warehouse license.
    (k)License. A license issued under the act by the Secretary.
    (l)Type. Any one of the main classes of tobacco having certain 
peculiar characteristics which will permit of its being divided into a 
single system of grades.
    (m)Grade. Any one of the divisions of a type, which may be a 
combination of any or all of the four factors, group, quality, color, 
and length.
    (n)Form. The designation of the stage of preparation of tobacco, 
such as unstemmed, stemmed, stems, etc.
    (o)Condition. Any state of tobacco which is not covered by form or 
grade and which has a material bearing on its value, including its 
keeping quality.
    (p)Sampler. A person licensed under the act by the Secretary to 
sample and to certificate or tag and seal samples of tobacco drawn by 
him under the act.
    (q)Inspector. A person licensed under the act by the Secretary to 
inspect and to certificate the keeping quality of the tobacco in 
addition to the performance of the duties of a sampler.
    (r)Grader. A person licensed under the act by the Secretary to grade 
and to certificate the type, grade, form, and condition of tobacco.
    (s)Weigher. A person licensed under the act by the Secretary to 
weigh and certificate the weight of tobacco.
    (t)Package. A hogshead, tierce, case, or other unit.
    (u)Official sample. A sample of a package of tobacco drawn, tagged, 
and prepared by a sampler in accordance with Secs. 737.55 through 
737.56.
    (v)Receipt. A warehouse receipt.
    (w)State. A State, Territory, or District of the United States.

[SRA, BAE 129, rev., 7 FR 6806, Aug. 29, 1942, as amended at 13 FR 8729, 
Dec. 30, 1948. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 1814, Jan. 14, 1985; 63 
FR 60204, Nov. 9, 1998]

                           Warehouse Licenses