§ 406.1

Arrest and conviction.

The Commodity Credit Corporation hereby announces that, subject to the following conditions, rewards will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found to be guilty of malicious damage to property of the Commodity Credit Corporation or the theft of commodities and equipment owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation.

§ 406.2 Amount of rewards.

(a) A reward in the amount of $50 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found to be responsible for malicious damage to CCC-owned property at the site of any storage structures owned or leased by Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, That such reward shall not exceed $50 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons involved in the same act or series of acts of malicious damage perpetrated prior to conviction of those guilty.

(b) A reward in the amount of $500 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found to be guilty of the theft of CCC-owned commodities from any storage structures owned or leased by Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, That the total amount paid shall not exceed $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons involved in the same theft, or series of thefts perpetrated prior to conviction of those guilty.

(c) A reward in the amount of $50 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found to be responsible for the theft of CCC-owned equipment valued at $50 or more at the site of any storage structures owned or leased by Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, That such reward shall not exceed $50 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons involved in the same theft or series of thefts perpetrated prior to conviction of those guilty.

§ 406.3

Eligibility for rewards.

(a) Any person or persons will be eligible for rewards mentioned above except (1) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committeemen, (2) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Office Managers, (3) Personnel of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service State Offices, and (4) United States Department of Agriculture employees.

(b) State and local law enforcement officers, community committeemen and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service County Office employees, other than those specifically excluded herein, will be eligible for reward.

§ 406.4 Filing of applications.

All applications for reward will be filed with the State ASC Chairman who shall transmit such applications to the Director, Grain Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. The decision of the Director, Grain Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, with regard to those eligible for reward and the amount to which each is entitled shall be final and conclusive.

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APPENDIX-Notice of Applicability of Provisions Contained in 1960 Agricultural Appropriation Act-Public Law 86-80 to Grain. Subpart-1961-Crop Wheat Price Support Program

AUTHORITY: §§ 421.126 to 421.131 issued under sec. 4, 62 Stat. 1070, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 714b. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 62 Stat. 1072, secs. 101, 401, 408, 63 Stat. 1054, 68 Stat. 904, sec. 125, 70 Stat. 198; 15 U.S.C. 714c, 7 U.S.C. 1421, 1428, 1441, 1374.

SOURCE: §§ 421.126 to 421.131 contained in 1961 C.C.C. Wheat Bulletin A, 26 F.R. 5732, June 28, 1961.

As used in the regulations in this subpart and in all instructions, forms and documents in connection therewith, the words and phrases defined in this section shall have the meaning assigned to them herein unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires. The following words or phrases are defined in Part 719 of Title 7, Chapter VII, Reconstitution of Farms, Farm Allotments and Farm History and Soil Bank Base Acreages (23 F.R. 6731), as amended, and shall have the meaning assigned to them by such regulations: "State Committee," "State Administrative Officer," "County Committee," "Person," "Operator" and "Farm."

(a) "Producer" means a person producing wheat in 1961 as landowner, landlord, tenant or sharecropper.

(b) "Wheat acreage allotment" means the wheat acreage allotment established for the farm in accordance with the regulations pertaining to Farm Acreage Allotments for 1960 and Subsequent Crops of Wheat (7 CFR 728.1010 to 728.1025; 24 F.R. 2475), March 31, 1959, and any amendments thereto.

(c) "Wheat acreage” means any acreage planted to wheat and any acreage of volunteer wheat which is not disposed of or destroyed by the disposal date determined under 7 CFR 728.1145 (26 F.R. 4718, and any amendments thereto) excluding: (1) Any acreage of a wheat mixture in wheat-mixture counties; (2) any acreage of a mixture of other grains and wheat which does not contain enough wheat to cause the grain to be graded as "mixed grain" under the Official Grain Standards of the United States; (3) any acreage of wheat cover crop; (4) any acreage of wheat grown