7 USC 94 – Supplying duplicates of standards; examination, etc., of naval stores and certification thereof
The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide, if practicable, any interested persons with duplicates of the official naval stores standards of the United States upon request accompanied by tender of satisfactory security for the return thereof, under such regulations as he may prescribe. The Secretary of Agriculture shall examine, if practicable, upon request of any interested person, any naval stores and shall analyze, classify, or grade the same under such regulations as he may prescribe. He shall furnish a certificate showing the analysis, classification, or grade of such naval stores, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the analysis, classification, or grade of such naval stores and of the contents of any package from which the same may have been taken, as well as of the correctness of such analysis, classification, or grade and shall be admissible as such in any court.
Terms Used In 7 USC 94
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Naval stores: means spirits of turpentine and rosin. See 7 USC 92
- Package: means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle. See 7 USC 92
- Person: includes partnerships, associations, and corporations, as well as individuals. See 7 USC 92