§ 735.58 - Class certificates; form.

(a) Each class certificate issued under the act by a licensed classifier shall be in a form approved for the purpose by the Administrator, and shall embody within its written or printed terms:

(1) The caption “Cotton class certificate”;

(2) Whether it is an original, a duplicate, or other copy;

(3) The name and location of the licensed warehouse in which the cotton is or is to be stored;

(4) The date of the certificate;

(5) The location of the cotton at the time of classification;

(6) The identification of each bale of cotton by the tag number given to the bale in accordance with § 735.31 or if there be no such tag number by other marks or numbers;

(7) The grade or other class, except length of staple, of each bale of cotton covered by the certificate, in accord- ance with §§ 735.68 through 735.73, as far as applicable, and the standard or description in accordance with which the classification is made;

(8) A blank space designated for the purpose in which the length of staple may be stated;

(9) That the certificate is issued by a licensed classifier under the United States Warehouse Act and regulations thereunder; and

(10) The signature of the licensed classifier.

In addition, the class certificate may include any other matter not inconsistent with the act or the regulations in this part, provided the approval of the Service is first secured.

(b) Form A memorandums and Form C certificates issued by a board of cotton examiners and class certificates issued by licensed classers under the United States Cotton Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 51 et seq.) shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of the United States Warehouse Act and the regulations in this part, if the samples on which they are based were drawn in accordance with applicable requirements of § 735.71, and, in case of a class certificate issued by such a licensed classer, if the classer holds an unsuspended and unrevoked license under each of said acts.