7 CFR § 959.1 - Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 959.1 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "959.1"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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part_name: "ONIONS GROWN IN SOUTH TEXAS"
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# 959.1 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may be hereafter delegated, to act in his stead.