Volume 52
Public Law 75–54
Amending section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Approved March 26, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
Amending section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection:
“(f) Barley tobacco.Marketing quotas for marketing year beginning Oct. 1, 1938.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall, within fifteen days after the enactment of this subsection (f), proclaim the amount of the total supply of burley tobacco for the marketing year therefor beginning October 1, 1937, and a national marketing quota shall be in effect for burley tobacco marketed during the marketing year for such tobacco beginning October 1, 1938. The Secretary shall also determine and specify in such proclamation the amount of such national marketing quota in terms of the total quantity of such tobacco which may be marketed, which will make available during the marketing year beginning October 1, 1938, a
Referendum.
supply of such tobacco equal to the reserve supply level. The referendum with respect to such quota, pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall be held and the results thereof proclaimed within forty-five days after the enactment of this subsection (f).”
Approved, March 26, 1938.