§ 737.52 - Applications; samplers’, inspectors’, graders’, and weighers’.

(a) Applications for licenses to sample, to inspect, and to grade or to weigh tobacco under the act shall be made to the Administrator on forms furnished for the purpose by him.

(b) Each such application shall be signed by the applicant, shall be verified by him under oath or affirmation administered by a duly authorized officer, and shall contain or be accompanied by: (1) The name and location of a warehouse or warehouses licensed, or for which application for license has been made under the act in which tobacco sought to be sampled, inspected, graded, or weighed under such license is or may be stored, (2) a statement from the warehouseman conducting such warehouse showing whether the applicant is competent and is acceptable to such warehouseman for the purpose, (3) satisfactory evidence that he has had at least one year's experience in the kind of service for which a license is sought or the equivalent of such experience, and that he is competent to perform such services, except in the case of applicants for weighers’ licenses one month's experience will be sufficient, (4) a statement by the applicant that he agrees to comply with and abide by the terms of the act and the regulations in this part so far as the same may relate to him, and (5) such other information as the Service may deem necessary: Provided, That when an application for a license to sample, to inspect, to grade, or to weigh tobacco is filed by a person who does not intend to sample, to inspect, to grade, or to weigh for any particular licensed warehouseman but who does intend to sample, to inspect, to grade, or to weigh tobacco stored or to be stored in a licensed warehouse and to issue certificates therefor, as provided for by the Act and the regulations in this part, independent of the warehouse receipt, issued to cover such tobacco, it shall not be necessary to furnish such statement as is required by paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

(c) The applicant shall at any time furnish such additional information as the Secretary or his designated representative shall find to be necessary to the consideration of his application.

(d) A single application may be made by any person for a license to sample, to inspect, to grade, and to weigh upon complying with all the requirements of this section.