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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 26— AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT · SUBCHAPTER II— COTTON OPTION CONTRACTS · § 603

§ 603. Government owned cotton; transfer to Secretary of Agriculture; powers of Secretary

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The Farm Credit Administration and all departments and other agencies of the Government, not including the Federal intermediate credit banks are directed—
(a)To sell to the Secretary of Agriculture at such price as may be agreed upon, not in excess of the market price, all cotton now owned by them.
(b)To take such action and to make such settlements as are necessary in order to acquire full legal title to all cotton on which money has been loaned or advanced by any department or agency of the United States, including futures contracts for cotton or which is held as collateral for loans or advances and to make final settlement of such loans and advances as follows:
(1)In making such settlements with regard to cotton, including operations to which such cotton is related, such cotton shall be taken over by all such departments or agencies other than the Secretary of Agriculture at a price or sum equal to the amounts directly or indirectly loaned or advanced thereon and outstanding, including loans by the Government, department or agency and any loans senior thereto, plus any sums required to adjust advances to growers to 90 per centum of the value of their cotton at the date of its delivery in the first instance as collateral to the department or agency involved, such sums to be computed by subtracting the total amount already advanced to growers on account of pools of which such cotton was a part, from 90 per centum of the value of the cotton to be taken over as of the time of such delivery as collateral, plus unpaid accrued carrying charges and operating costs on such cotton, less, however, any existing assets of the borrower derived from net income, earnings, or profits arising from such cotton, and from operations to which such cotton is related; all as determined by the department or agency making the settlement.
(2)The Secretary of Agriculture shall make settlements with respect to cotton held as collateral for loans or advances made by him on such terms as in his judgment may be deemed advisable, and to carry out the provisions of this section, is authorized to indemnify or furnish bonds to warehousemen for lost warehouse receipts and to pay the premiums on such bonds.
When full legal title to the cotton referred to in this subsection has been acquired, it shall be sold to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of this section, in the same manner as provided in subsection (a).
(c)The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase the cotton specified in subsections
(a)and (b).
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 3, 48 Stat. 32; 1933 Ex. Ord. No. 6084, Mar. 27, 1933.)
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  • May 12, 1933, ch. 25
  • 48 Stat. 32
  • 53 Stat. 1423
  • 67 Stat. 633
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§ 603
Government owned cotton; transfer to Secretary of Agriculture; powers of Secretary
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ActMay 12, 1933, ch. 25
Stat.48 Stat. 32
Stat.53 Stat. 1423
Stat.67 Stat. 633
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