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F E D E R A L R E G IS T E R , W ednesday, M a rc h 30, 1938

Done at Washington, D. C., this 28th day of March, and deliver them to the county committee not later than 1938. Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of 12 oclock noon, Monday, April 11, 1938. The chairman of Agriculture.
the community referendum committee shall be responsible se al H. A. W all a c e , fo r the safe delivery of the form s and ballots.
Secretary of Agriculture.
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Post one copy of the community summary in a con spicuous place at the polls.
F. R. Doc. 38-909; Filed, March 29,1938; 12:41 p. m.

C. IN STR U C TIO N S TO STATE COMMITTEES

The State committee shall be responsible fo r and in charge of the referendum in the State and it shall:
1. Summarize on State tabulation form s all county sum maries and forward to the applicable regional director, A gri cultural Adjustment Administration, Washington, D. C., two certified copies of each summary fo r the State, not later than 7 days after the day o f the referendum. One copy of each such report shall be filed in the State office of the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration. Should one sheet fo r each report prove insufficient fo r listing the inform ation with respect to all counties in the State, additional copies o f each State tabulation form may be used as continuation sheets, in which case the totals should be entered on the last page only.
2. Make an investigation of any report from any county regarding controversies, irregularities, or the correctness of reports o f the referendum, not later than seven days after the date of the referendum.
3. Forward to the applicable regional director its findings in such cases.
D. 1ET.TftTBTI.ITY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Official and final tabulation of the results o f the refer endum w ill be made by the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration and the result of the referendum w ill be announced as soon as the Secretary o f Agriculture has determined that such tabulations of the results are correct. State and county committees are at liberty to give to the press unoffi cial reports of the total Yes and total No votes in referendum in the State or county.
Only farm ers who were engaged in the production o f Burley tobacco in 1937 are eligible to vote in the refer endum. Any person who shared in the proceeds o f the 1937
Burley tobacco crop as landowner, operator, share-tenant, or sharecropper shall be considered as engaged in the pro duction of Burley tobacco.
No farm er whether an individual, partnership, corpora tion, firm, association, or other legal entity shall be entitled to more than one vote in referendum, even though he may have been engaged in 1937 in the production o f Burley tobacco in two or more communities, counties, or States.
I f a community referendum committee determines that a producer residing in the community within the jurisdiction o f that committee is eligible to vote by reason o f having been a Burley tobacco farm er in 1937 in another community, the committee may issue a ballot form to him and permit him to cast a ballot, provided the committee also determines that such farm er has not previously cast a ballot in another com munity. I f the committee cannot so determine, the com m ittee shah Challenge the ballot as heretofore outlined.
There shall be no voting by proxy or agent but a duly authorized officer o f a corporation, firm , association, or other legal entity shall Wfe allowed to cast its vote.
In case several persons, such as husband, wife, and chil dren, participated in the production o f Burley tobacco in 1937 under a lease or sharecropping agreement, only h e person or persons who signed or entered into the lease or sharecropping agreement shall be eligible to vote.
In the event two or more persons engaged in producing Burley tobacco in 1937 jointly, in common, or in community, each such person is entitled to vote.
I f the Secretary o f Agriculture deems it necessary, any report of any community referendum committee, county committee, or State committee shall be reexamined and rechecked by such persons or agencies as the Secretary may designate and a report to him made thereon.

Docket No. A-67 0-67
N o tic e o p H e ar ing w i t h R espect to P roposed M a r k e t in g A g reem ent and O rder R e g u la tin g H a n d lin g o f I r is h W h it e P o tatoes G r o w n i n L o u is ia n a and i n C e r t a in C o u n t ie s i n T e x a s , M is s is s ip p i , A labam a and F lorida
Whereas under Public Act No. 10, 73rd Congress, as amended and as reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, notice of hearing is required in con nection with a proposed marketing agreement or a proposed order, and the General Regulations, Series A, No. I,1 as amended, o f the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, provide for such notice; and Whereas the Secretary o f Agriculture has reason to be lieve that the execution o f a marketing agreement and the issuance of an order w ill tend to effectuate the declared policy of said act with respect to the handling of Irish w hite potatoes grown in,,the State of Louisiana; the coun ties in the State of Texas lying on or north of 28 Y2 degrees latitude; the counties o f W arren, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton and Lauderdale, and all counties south thereof, in the State of Mississippi; the counties of Baldwin, Mobile and Escambia in the State o f Alabama; and the counties of Escambia and Santa Rosa in the State of Florida;
Now, therefore, pursuant to the said act and said general regulations notice is hereby given of a hearing to be held on a proposed marketing agreement and a proposed order regu lating the handling of such potatoes in the Auditorium, Agricultural Extension-Forestry Bldg-, Louisiana State Uni versity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on A pril 5, 1938, at 9:30
a. m.; in the Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, on April 7, 1938, at 9:30 a. m.; in the Court House, Wharton, Texas, on A pril 8, 1938, at 9:30 a. m.; in the Court Room 2nd Floor Court House, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on April 8, 1938, at 9:30 a. m.; and in the American Legion Hall, Foley, Alabama, on April 9, 1938, at 9:30 a. m.
This public hearing is fo r the purpose of receiving evidence as to the general economic conditions which may necessitate regulation in order to effectuate the declared policy of the act and as to the specific provisions which a marketing agreement and order should contain.
The proposed marketing agreement and the proposed order each embodies, in sim ilar terms, a plan fo r the regu lation of such handling of Irish w hite potatoes grown in the State of L o u isiana and in the above mentioned counties in the States of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as is in the current o f interstate commerce, or which directly burdens obstructs or affects interstate commerce in such potatoes. Among other things the proposed marketing agree ment and proposed order provide fo r: a the establishment of an Area Committee and four State Advisory Committees, b prohibition of shipment of cull potatoes, c further grade and size regulations of shipments, d expenses of administration, and other matters relating to the handling of such potatoes in the aforesaid area.
It is hereby declared that an emergency exists in the handling o f potatoes in the aforesaid area which requires a shorter period of notice than fifteen 15 days; and it is hereby determined that the period of notice given is reason able under the circumstances.
11F. R. 155.