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title: "7 U.S.C. § 511c"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 511c - Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to demonstrate the official standards; to prepare and distribute, upon request, samples, illustrations, or sets thereof; and to make reasonable charges therefore: Provided, That in no event shall charges be in excess of the cost of said samples, illustrations, and services so rendered.

(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 4, 49 Stat. 732.)