§ 735.38 - Weighing of cotton; weighing apparatus.

(a) Before being stored in a licensed warehouse, all cotton shall be weighed at the warehouse by a licensed weigher, and the weight so determined shall be stated on the warehouse receipt. Point of origin weights may be used for single bale or lot stored cotton by agreement with the depositor. Any point of origin weights shown on a warehouse receipt will be the official warehouse bale or lot weight. Lot cotton tendered for storage on which a multiple bale warehouse receipt is issued must be maintained so as to preserve its individual and collective identity during storage and shipment, provided that if such lot is broken at the warehouse, for the issuance of new receipts, each bale shall be weighed at the warehouse by a licensed weigher before single bale warehouse receipts are issued.

(b) Each licensed warehouse shall be equipped with scales acceptable to the Department for weighing cotton into and out of the warehouse. The weighing apparatus used for ascertaining the weight stated in a receipt or certificate, issued for cotton stored in a licensed warehouse, shall be subject to examination by an officer or agent of the Department designated by the Administrator for the purpose. If the Department shall disapprove such weighing apparatus, it shall not thereafter, unless such disapproval be withdrawn, be used in ascertaining the weight of any cotton for the purposes of the act and the regulations in this part.