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53 STAT.] 7 6TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 614, 615 -AUG. 9, 1939 SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed the sum of $55,000. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to convey without consideration, but under such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable, to the New Salem School district of Dade County, Georgia, not to exceed ten acres of land located within lot numbered 114, eleventh district, fourth sec- tion, of Dade County, Georgia, now a part of the Chickamauga- Chattanooga National Military Park. Approved, August 9, 1939. [CHAPTER 615] AN ACT To regulate interstate and foreign commerce in seeds; to require labeling and to prevent misrepresentation of seeds in interstate commerce; to require certain standards with respect to certain imported seeds; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Seed Act". TITLE I-DEFINITIONS SEC. 101. (a) When used in this Act- (1) The term "United States" means the several States, Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. (2) The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation, com- pany, society, or association. (3) The term "interstate commerce" means- (A) commerce between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, and any other State, Territory, posses- sion, or the District of Columbia; or (B) commerce between points within the same State, Terri- tory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or (C) commerce within the District of Columbia. (4) For the purposes of this Act with respect to labeling( for variety and origin (but not in anywise limiting the foregoing defini- tion), seeds shall be considered to be in interstate commerce, or deliv- ered for transportation in interstate commerce, if such seeds are part of, or delivered for transportation in, that current of commerce usual in the transportation and/or merchandising of seeds, whereby such seeds are sent from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit in another, including, in addition to cases within the above general description, all cases where seeds are transported or delivered for transportation to another State, or for processing or cleaning for seeding purposes within the State and shipment outside the State of the processed or cleaned seeds. Seeds normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this Act. (5) The term "foreign commerce" means commerce between the United States, its possessions, or any Territory of the United States, and any foreign country. (6) (a) The term "district court of the United States" means any court exercising the powers of a district court of the United States. (b) The term "circuit court of appeals", in case the principal place of business or the place of residence of a person against whom a cease 1275 Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 1318. New Salem School district,DadeCounty, Ga., conveyance of land. August 9, 1939 [I. R. 862] [Public, No. 354] Federal Seed Act. Definitions. "United States. " "Person." "Interstate com- merce." Construction with respect to labeling for variety and origin. "Foreign com- merce." "District court of the United States. " "Circuit court of ap- peals." 98907 0 -39--PT 2---49