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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 46, 47 . 1928 . 1069 be 5 per centum per annum, but the commission may, in its discre- tion, defer the payment of interest upon any such loan for such a period of time as the commission shall deem necessary. All such loans shall be made by the commission itself or through such agencies Sum a uthor ized for as the commission shall designate. For carrying out the purposes loans. ,p .lsos. of this section there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the s um of $6,0 00,0 00, o f whi ch $3 ,000 ,000 shall be made immed iate ly available, $2,000,000 shall be made available on January 1, 1930, Repayments a re. and $1,000,000 shall be made available on January 1, 1931. All vvolving fund for fiv e money received during a period of five years from the date of the approval of this joint resolution as repayment of any loan or inter- es t on l oan ma de und er the provi sions of this joint resol ution shall be held by said commission as a revolving fund, which may be loaned on applications for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions covered in to the herein provided, and all money received thereafter as payments o f Treasury thereafter. interest and principal on all loans made under the provisions of this jo int re soluti on sha ll be covere d into the Tr easury as mi scella neous receipts. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum S um au thor ized for rebuilding schooI- of $2,000,000 to be used for the rebuilding and repair of school- houses, roads, etc. houses damaged or destroyed by the hurricane in the small towns Post, p .1609. and rural districts of Porto Rico and for the employment of labor and the purchase of materials for repairing insular and rural munici- pal roads. The sum hereby authorized to be appropriated shall be expended in such manner and in such amounts as the commission shall approve. SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of bn maa thorize bne $100,000 to be expended by the commission in the purchase and seeds, etc. distribution within the devastated area of Porto Rico of seeds and Post, p. 1609. seedlings, particularly of food and root crops, in such manner as it deems advisable. SEC. 6 . The commission shall make an annual report to Congress Annual reports to at the beginning of each regular session, giving a complete account Oongress. of its activities in carrying out the provisions of this resolution. Approved, December 21, 1928. Dec embe r 22, 192 8. CHAP. 47.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue [x .3776 .1	patents for lands held under color of title. [Public, No. 645.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Public lands . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That whenever it Patent for 160 acres of, to citizen holder for shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior 20 years under color of that a tract of public land, not exceeding one hundred and sixty title. acres, has been held in good fait h and in peaceful, adverse, possessi on by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than twenty years under claim or color of title, and that valuable impr ovem ents have been plac ed on such lan d, or some par t the reof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of not less than $1 .25 per acre, cause a patent to' issue for such land to any such citizen : Provided, That where the Provisos Determination, area so held is in excess of one hundred and sixty acres the Secretary if area in excess. may determine what particular subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, may be patented hereunder : Pr ovid ed Minerals reserved, further, That coal and all other minerals contained therein are hereby etc • rese rved to th e Uni ted State s shall be subject to sale or disposal by the United States under appli- cable leasing and mineral land laws, and permittees, lessees, or grantees of the United States shall have the right to enter upon said lands for the purpose of prospecting for and mining such deposits
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