execute and deliver all assignments or other instruments necessary or appropriate to effectuate any such disposition; and

(b) If a liquidating agent is so designated, all assets, books and records of the market administrator shall be transferred promptly to such liquidating agent. If upon such liquidation, the funds on hand exceed the amounts required to pay outstanding obligations of the office of the market administrator and to pay necessary expenses of liquidating and distribution, such excess shall be distributed to contributing handlers and producers in an equitable

manner.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§ 1137.100 Agents.

The Secretary may, by designation in writing, name any officer or employee of the United States to act as his agent and representative in connection with any of the provisions of this part.

§ 1137.101 Separability of provisions.

If any provisions of this part, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the application of such provisions, and of the remaining provisions of this part, to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

1200.3 Persons required to submit reports; forms to be used; where available. 1200.4 Time when reports are due. AUTHORITY: §§ 1200.1 to 1200.4 issued under sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1899; 7 U. S. C. 956.

SOURCE: § 1200.1 to 1200.4 appear at 23 F. R. 2375, Apr. 11, 1958.

§ 1200.1 Scope of regulations.

Under the act of June 24, 1936, as amended (49 Stat. 1898; 7 U.S.C. 951957), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics of raw peanuts, shelled, unshelled, and crushed, and peanut oil, in the United States, received, processed, shipped, and owned by or in the possession of warehousemen, brokers, cleaners, shellers, dealers, growers' cooperative associations, crushers, salters, manufacturers of peanut products, and owners other than the original producers of peanuts. The purposes of the regulations in this part are to implement this statute and, where discretion is vested in the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe rules, to set forth the applicable rules. § 1200.2

Definitions.

As used in the regulations in this part: (a) "Act" means the act of June 24, 1936, as amended (49 Stat. 1898; 7 U. S. C. 951-957);

(b) "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations;

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(c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture or any officer or employee of the United States who is authorized to exercise the powers and to perform the duties of the Secretary of Agriculture under the act.

§ 1200.3 Persons required to submit reports; forms to be used; where available.

(a) The following persons are required to submit monthly reports, as follows:

(1) Peanut cleaners, shellers, crushers and manufacturers of crude peanut oil, peanut cake and meal are required to report on Form C. E. 6-18 "A", Peanut Stocks and Processing Report, inventories, receipts and disposition of farmers' stock peanuts and inventories, production, receipts and disposition of milled peanut products;

(2) Peanut salters and manufacturers of peanut products (including but not limited to manufacturers of peanut candy, peanut butter, peanut butter sandwiches, granulated peanuts, peanut flour, peanuts roasted in shell, peanuts salted in the shell and other miscellaneous peanut products) processing in excess of 10,000 pounds of raw peanuts (shelled, unshelled, or both) during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the report is due, are required to report on Form C. E. 6-18 "CP", Peanut Stocks and Processing Report, receipts, disposition, and stocks of raw peanuts;

(3) Warehousemen, brokers, dealers, growers' cooperative associations and all other owners other than original pro

ducers of peanuts are required to report on Form C. E. 6-18 "B", Peanut Stocks Report, all shelled peanuts, roasting stock peanuts, and farmers' stock peanuts on hand at the end of the month: Provided, however, That published or typed reports of growers' cooperative associations showing stocks on hand by warehouse locations and types of peanuts may be submitted in lieu of Form C. E. 6-18 “B” since such reports contain the required information in an acceptable form.

(b) The forms identified in paragraph (a) of this section will be furnished by the Agricultural Estimates Division,