[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: 7CFR740.2]

[Page 322-323]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 740--NUT WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 740.2  Terms defined.

    For the purposes of the regulations in this part, unless the context 
otherwise require, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, 
to mean:
    (a) Nuts. Unshelled nuts of the following kinds: American-grown 
peanuts, pecans, filberts, and English or Persian walnuts; and shelled 
American-grown peanuts.
    (b) The Act. The United States Warehouse Act, approved August 11, 
1916 (39 Stat. 486; (7 U.S.C. 241-273)) as amended.
    (c) Person. An individual, corporation, partnership, or two or more 
persons having a joint or common interest.
    (d) Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.
    (e) Secretary. 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.
    (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 that Service to whom authority has heretofore 
lawfully been delegated, or to whom authority may

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hereafter lawfully be delegated, to act in his stead.
    (h) Regulations. Rules and regulations made under the Act by the 
Secretary.
    (i) Warehouse. Unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, any 
building, structure, or other protected enclosure licensed or to be 
licensed under the Act, in which nuts are 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 nuts are or 
may be stored.
    (j) Warehouseman. Any person lawfully engaged in the business of 
storing nuts, who holds an effective warehouseman's license under the 
Act, or who has applied for such a license.
    (k) License. A license issued under the Act by the Secretary.
    (l) Warehouseman's bond. The bond required by the Act to be given by 
a warehouseman.
    (m) Licensed inspector. (1) A person licensed under provisions of 
section 11 of the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), or 
(2) a Federal employee authorized under provisions of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), or (3) a person licensed 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1621 et seq.) to inspect, grade, and certificate the grade or other 
class and/or condition of nuts stored or to be stored in a warehouse 
licensed under the U.S. Warehouse Act (the terms ``persons duly licensed 
to inspect'' or ``licensed inspector'' shall be defined accordingly).
    (n) Licensed weigher. A person licensed under the provisions of 
section 11 of the Unites States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), to 
weigh and certificate the weight of nuts stored or to be stored in a 
warehouse licensed under the U.S. Warehouse Act (the terms ``persons 
duly licensed to weigh'' or ``licensed weigher'' shall be defined 
accordingly).
    (o) Receipt. A licensed warehouse receipt issued under the Act.
    (p) Package. A bag, sack, box, or other container.
    (q) Ton. (Short ton) 2,000 pounds.

[41 FR 31163, July 27, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 26646, May 25, 1977. 
Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 1814, Jan. 14, 1985]

                           Warehouse Licenses