ments must be submitted in triplicate and must contain all of the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties thereto. If the assignment fails to describe the true consideration, an accompanying affidavit which describes the consideration in full detail must be submitted. Such affidavit will be treated as confidential and not for public inspection. No assignment will be recognized as valid which, exclusive of the royalty payable to the United States, shall create overriding royalty interests in the lease aggregating in excess of five percent. No assignment providing for other payments out of production which constitute a burden upon lease operations prejudicial to the interests of the United States will be approved. § 4.13 Inclusion of leased lands in unitization programs. The development and operation of any area, field, or pool under a Federally-approved cooperative or unit plan is favored in principle, and where the details of operation of such cooperative or unit plan are acceptable to the Secretary all lands within the limits thereof which are covered by oil and gas leases issued by him shall be subject to the provisions of such cooperative or unit plan. § 4.14 Bond requirements. Within fifteen days after the Secretary has sent to the lessee an oil and gas lease executed by all parties thereto or has notified the lessee that the lease has become effective, the lessee shall file with the designated representative of the Secretary and thereafter maintain a bond in the sum of $1,000 with acceptable surety to guarantee compliance with the terms of the lease, but prior to the initiation by the lessee of drilling operations the lessee shall substitute for that bond, and at all times thereafter maintain as required by the lessor, a bond in such penal sum as shall be stipulated in the lease, with approved corporate surety, or with deposit of United States bonds as surety therefor, conditioned upon compliance with the terms of the lease. The bond of any surety company approved by the Secretary of the Treasury will be accepted as security for performance of the lease. § 4.15 Leases on same land for minerals other than oil and gas. The granting of a lease for the development or production of oil or gas will not preclude the issuance of other leases or permits on the same land for the mining of other minerals, where not incompatible with the development of the oil and gas resources, with suitable stipulations for joint occupancy by the holders of such leases or permits, to the end that the full development of the mineral resources may be secured. employ § 4.16 Non-discriminatory ment policies. All oil and gas leases shall stipulate that the lessee, in the performance of the lease, shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color or national origin, and that the lessee shall include in all subcontracts a provision imposing a like obligation on subcontractors. § 4.17 Right to extract helium. Each oil and gas lease shall stipulate that the United States shall have the right to extract helium from all gas produced on the lands covered by the lease, provided that the said extraction shall be accomplished without substantial delay and shall not otherwise reduce the sale value of the gas; and each lessee must release to the United States any rights which he may have, or may acquire in the future, in said helium through ownership of, or contract with reference to, undivided interests in the oil and gas deposits underlying said lands. $4.18 Officer in charge. A representative of the Secretary, to be designated by and to be under the direction of the chief of the bureau charged with the administrative responsibility for the leased property, will supervise and direct operations under each lease. He will be referred to in all leases, agreements, and regulations as the Officer in Charge. Each lessee will be advised as to who is the officer in charge of his particular lease. § 4.19 Lease forms and operating regulations. Leases will be issued on forms to be prescribed as provided in § 4.20 and shall include provisions and operating regulations for the sound development of the oil and gas resources and for the protection of the surface uses of the land. § 4.20 Delegation to Land Use Coordinator and Director of Finance. The Land Use Coordinator and the Director of Finance shall jointly have the power to prescribe detailed procedures, forms, and operating regulations in accordance with the regulations in this part. Subchapter C-Regulations Under the Farm Products Inspection Act AUTHORITY: §§ 27.501 to 27.512, inclusive, issued under 55 Stat. 131; 7 U.S.C., Sup., 473d. SOURCE: §§ 27.501 to 27.512, inclusive, contained in Regulations, War Food Administrator, Sept. 11, 1944, 9 F.R. 11251. ADMINISTRATION § 27.501 Authority. The Director of Distribution, War Food Administration, is charged with the administration of the provisions of the act of April 7, 1941 (55 Stat. 131; 7 U.S.C., Sup., 473d) and the regulations in this part and is authorized to issue such instructions as he may deem proper and necessary. $27.502 Laboratories. Laboratories shall be maintained at points designated by the Director of Distribution. FIBER AND SPINNING TESTS § 27.503 Testing of samples. The Director of Distribution or his authorized representatives, upon written requests. shall make fiber and spinning tests of the properties of cotton samples and report the results thereof to the persons from whom such requests are received, subject to compliance by such persons with the regulations in this part and to the payment by them of fees as prescribed herein. § 27.504 Requirements as to samples. Each sample of ginned cotton lint submitted for fiber tests shall weigh approximately eight ounces and each sample submitted for spinning and fiber tests, or for spinning tests alone, shall weigh not less than five pounds when carded yarn tests are desired and not less than eight pounds when combed yarn tests are desired. When the ginning of samples for spinning tests is requested, a sufficient quantity of seed cotton to provide from five to ten pounds of lint shall be submitted. Each sample submitted for testing shall be labeled or marked to show the name and address of the person submitting it and each sample shall be wrapped separately. The separately wrapped samples may be sent in one or more parcels, each of which shall bear on the outside thereof the name and address of the person submitting it. Each individual sample submitted for testing shall contain a tag or coupon bearing a number or other identification symbol. Persons who submit samples to laboratories for testing shall comply with any Federal or State quarantine requirements applicable to counties from which such samples are shipped. § 27.505 Costs of submitting samples. The transportation of samples to a laboratory for testing shall be without expense to the Government. § 27.506 Disposition of samples. The remnants of samples and the other materials accumulated in the making of tests under the regulations in this part shall be the property of the Government, but portions of such samples and materials may be used for illustrative purposes in connection with laboratory reports submitted to persons applying for such tests. Upon request, cottonseed will be returned to the owner at his expense. FEES § 27.507 Prescribed fees. (a) Fees for fiber and spinning tests shall be assessed in accordance with items 1 to 32, inclusive, listed below: 4. Fiber strength, round bundle, 10 breaks per sample_--- 5. Fiber strength, flat bundle, 6 breaks per sample__ 5-a. Fiber strength, flat bundle, 5 or more replicate sub-samples, 2 breaks per sub-sample per sub-sample__ Minimum 6. Fiber fineness (weight per inch) and maturity, 2 measurements each per sample___ 7. Fiber cross section (photomicrograph-1000 magnifications): includes one photomicrograph print and determination of average fiber diameter, wall thickness, and circularity ratio, based on measurement of 200 fibers._ 8. Cellulose alignment (X-ray), 2 measurements per sample__ 9. Combination fiber test (Nos. 2, 4, and 6). 10. Combination fiber test (Nos. 3, 5, and 6) 11. Spinning test, carded yarn: includes 22s, one of following standard counts: 14s, 36s, 44s, 50s, 60s, and one additional optional count, the two counts other than 22s to be designated by applicant; data furnished: grade and staple classification of raw cotton, manufacturing waste, yarn skein strength and appearance grade, and 3 yarn boards_ 12. Spinning test, combed yarn: as specified in item 11 for carded yarn (for cotton longer than 1 inches, yarn counts spun are 60s, and 80s or 100s, and one additional optional count) -. .50 .20 1.00 5.00 1.00 .30 1.50 5.00 7.50 2.50 14.00 6.00 20.00 25 00 Fee per test $32.00 33.00 Item No. and kind of test 13. Spinning test, carded and combed yarns, same yarn counts for carded and combed: as specified in items 11 and 12. 14. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 11).. 15. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 11) ------ 25.00 16. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 12)‒‒‒‒‒‒ 38.00 17. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 12). 18. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 13)__ 19. Combination fiber and spinning tests (Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 13). 20. Additional yarn counts in connection with spinning tests and combination fiber and spinning tests (items 11 to 19), for each such additional count.. tests ----- 30.00 44.00 36.00 5.00 8.00 21. Spinning, plying, and testing each count of yarn, 2 or 3 ply only (this test performed only in connection with spinning tests and combination fiber and spinning items 11 to 19)--22. Tire cord test: manufacturing and testing 23s/5/3 tire cord, including testing for strength, elongation, twist, and gage (this test performed only in connection with spinning tests and combination fiber and spinning tests... items 11 to 19).. 23. Yarn skein strength and size and yarn appearance determinations (20 skein breaks per sample), and furnishing one yarn board. 2.00 24. Moscrop single strand test: strength and size on 6 bobbins or less (minimum 36 breaks per bobbin). 25. Shirley Analyzer separation of lint and foreign matter on 4-ounce sample of raw cotton, cotton waste, or linters.. 26. Shirley Analyzer separation of lint and foreign matter on 1-pound sample of raw cotton, cotton waste, or linters. 20,00 2.00 2.00 5.00 28. Classification, including grade and staple length, per sample.... 29. Fabric strength test (grab method), 5 breaks each warpwise and fillingwise_--- 27. Picker and card waste test, including nep count in card web, 5-pound sample__. 5.00 . 25 30. Fabric weaving and testing, including preparation of warp, weaving, and testing of a standard sheeting construction...---31. Furnishing more than two copies of test results, per sheet____. 32. Furnishing copies of test data work sheets, per sheet---- 8.00 25.00 25 40 (b) Persons who first submit samples for complete fiber tests as provided in items 9 and 10 may during the progress of such tests, or within sixty days after the date of the laboratory report on any test, file a supplemental request for a complete spinning test of the same cotton, and the total fees assessed for such combined tests shall be as prescribed in items 14 to 19, inclusive. (c) Fees for combinations of tests not provided for in this section shall be as determined by the Director of Distribution. § 27.508 Fees for special tests. In the discretion of the Director of Distribution, special tests not listed in § 27.507 may be made to the extent that available facilities will permit, subject to the payment of fees as determined by him. § 27.509 Payment of fees. As soon as practicable after the fifteenth and the last day of each calendar month, bills shall be rendered by officers in charge of testing laboratories to all persons from whom payment of fees and costs under the regulations in this part shall have become due, provided that when necessary any bill may be rendered at an earlier date. Payments under the regulations in this part shall be by certified check or by draft or post office or express money order payable to the order of "Treasurer of the United States." MISCELLANEOUS § 27.510 Limitation of testing services. If at any time funds available for services under the regulations in this part may be insufficient to provide for the testing of all samples that may be submitted for the purpose, the Director of Distribution may place reasonable limitations upon the quantities of samples to be submitted by individuals during any one fiscal year or any one calendar month, and may direct that samples received from cotton breeders shall take precedence over those received from other persons. § 27.511 Confidential information. No information concerning individual tests under the regulations in this part shall be published or communicated in such a way as to disclose to others the identity of the owners of cotton represented by samples submitted for testing, except with the written permission of such owners. U. S. grade GRADE DESCRIPTION AND B1F Choice Quality Stouts in Brown Color. Fairly elastic, oily, ripe, firm, medium to fleshy body, tough, broad, very clear, uniform in quality and color. Tolerance, 5% injury and 10% leaves the quality of B3, C3, or better. BIR Choice Quality Stouts in Red Color. Very oily, fleshy to heavy body, otherwise same as B1F. B1D Choice Quality Stouts in Dark Color. Oily, fairly ripe, dull to cloudy finish, otherwise same as B1R. B2F Fine Quality Stouts in Brown Color. Stretchy, oily, ripe, firm, medium to fleshy body, fairly tough, spready, clear, harmonizing in quality and color. Tolerance, 10% injury and 20% leaves the quality of B3, C3, or better. B2R Fine Quality Stouts in Red Color. Very oily, fleshy to heavy body, otherwise same as B2F. B2D Fine Quality Stouts in Dark Color. Oily, fairly ripe, dull to cloudy finish, otherwise same as B2R. U.S. grade B3F GRADE DESCRIPTION AND Good Quality Stouts in Brown Color. B3R Good Quality Stouts in Red Color. Fleshy to heavy body, normal finish, otherwise same as B3F. B3D Good Quality Stouts in Dark Color. Fairly oily, dull to cloudy finish, otherwise same as B3R. B3M Good Quality Stouts Mixed in Color. B4F Fair Quality Stouts in Brown Color. Not rough, fairly oily, fairly ripe, fairly firm, medium to fleshy body, fairly strong, not stringy, unmixed in color. Tolerance, 20% injury and 10% Lugs the quality of X3 or better. B4R Fair Quality Stouts in Red Color. Fleshy to heavy body, normal finish, otherwise same as B4F. B4D Fair Quality Stouts in Dark Color. Lean, dull to dingy finish, otherwise same as B4R. B4M Fair Quality Stouts Mixed in Color. Average quality of B4. B4G Fair Quality Stouts in Green Color. Quality of B4, except maturity. B5F Low Quality Stouts in Brown Color. Medium to fleshy body, normal strength, not stringy, unmixed in color. Tolerance, 40% injury and 25% Lugs the quality of X4 or better. B5R Low Quality Stouts in Red Color. Fleshy to heavy body, normal finish, otherwise same as B5F. B5D Low Quality Stouts in Dark Color. Dull to dingy finish, otherwise same as B5R. B5M Low Quality Stouts Mixed in Color. Average quality of B5. B5G Low Quality Stouts in Green Color. Quality of B5. (49 Stat. 731; 7 U.S.C. 511) [Reg., Dec. 5, 1944, 9 F.R. 14353] § 29.254 Short leaf and tips (Tgroup). CODIFICATION: In §§ 29.254 and 29.255, the term "Dull Red Color" was deleted wherever such term appears, and the term "Dark Color" inserted in lieu thereof, by Regulation, Assistant War Food Administrator, Dec. 5, 1944, 9 F.R. 14353. § 29.255 Lug grades (X-group). See codification note to § 29.254. |