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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 93. Establishment of official naval stores standards
For the purposes of this chapter the kinds of spirits of
turpentine defined in subdivisions (c), (e), and (f) of section 92
of this title and the rosin types heretofore prepared and
recommended under existing laws, by or under authority of the
Secretary of Agriculture, are made the standards for naval stores
until otherwise prescribed as hereinafter provided. The Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to establish and promulgate standards
for naval stores for which no standards are herein provided, after
at least three months' notice of the proposed standard shall have
been given to the trade, so far as practicable, and due hearings or
reasonable opportunities to be heard shall have been afforded those
favoring or opposing the same. No such standard shall become
effective until after three months from the date of the
promulgation thereof. Any standard made by this chapter or
established and promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture in
accordance therewith may be modified by said Secretary whenever,
for reasons and causes deemed by him sufficient, the interests of
the trade shall so require, after at least six months' notice of
the proposed modifications shall have been given to the trade, so
far as practicable, and due hearings or reasonable opportunities to
be heard shall have been afforded those favoring or opposing the
same; and no such modification so made shall become effective until
after six months from the date when made.
The various grades of rosin, from highest to lowest, shall be
designated, unless and until changed, as hereinbefore provided, by
the following letters, respectively: X, WW, WG, N, M, K, I, H, G,
F, E, D, and B, together with the designation "gum rosin" or "wood
rosin", as the case may be.
The standards herein made and authorized to be made shall be
known as the "Official Naval Stores Standards of the United
States," and may be referred to by the abbreviated expression
"United States Standards", and shall be the standards by which all
naval stores in commerce shall be graded and described.
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