UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR NO. 22 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Su pi ments MARCH, 1924 
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THE NAVAL STORES ACT AND duo oR 
ITS ENFORCEMENT, 
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The act entitled “An act establishing standard gra , 
stores, preventing deception in transactions in naval stores, re 
traffic therein, and for other purposes’ was approved March 3, 
The accompanying regulations for its enforcement, effective March 
1, 1924, are published for the information and euidance of those 
concerned. 
Henry C. WALLACE, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Wasuincton, D. C., February 11, 1924. 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING STANDARD GRADES OF NAVAL STORES, 
PREVENTING DECEPTION IN TRANSACTIONS IN NAVAL STORES, 
REGULATING TRAFFIC THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 
of America in Congress assembled, That, for convenience of reference, this act 
may be designated and cited as ‘‘ The Naval Stores Act.” 
Sec. 2. That, when used in this act— 
(a) “ Naval stores”? means spirits of turpentine and rosin. 
(Uv) “Spirits of turpentine” includes gum spirits of turpentine and wood 
turpentine. 
(c) “Gum spirits of turpentine’ means spirits of turpentine made from gum 
(oleoresin) from a living tree. 
(d) “ Wood turpentine” includes steam distilled wood turpentine and de- 
structively distilled wood turpentine. 
(e) “Steam distilled wood turpentine” means wood turpentine distilled with 
‘steam from the oleoresin within or extracted from the wood. 
(7) “ Destructively distilled wood turpentine”? means wood turpentine ob- 
tained in the destructive distillation of the wood. 
(9) “ Rosin” includes gum rosin and wood rosin. 
(i) “Gum rosin” means rosin remaining after the distillation of gum spirits 
of turpentine. 
(i) “ Wood rosin’’ means rosin remaining after the distillation of steam dis- 
tilled wood turpentine. 
(j) “Package” means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, 
tank, tank car, or other receptacle. 
(ic) ** Person” ineludes partnerships, associations, and corporations, as well 
as individuals. 
(1) The term “ commerce” means commerce between any State, Territory, 
or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or 
between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District 
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