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 1306 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 317, 318. 1929. Provisos. Ass ent to change in position of road. Allowance if ro ad changed from present right of way. Acceptance of title to road and maintenance, by Georgia req uired, after completion . Vol. 43, p. 1104. February 25, 1929. [S .J. Res. 182 .1 [Pub. Res., No. 92.] to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the length of appr oximately fou r miles, for which an appro priation of not to exceed $60,000 is hereby authorized out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That should the State of Georgia or any county or municipality or legal subdivision thereof, or any State or county or municipal highway commission, or equivalent public authority desire that the position of said road be in such manner as would involve an expenditure of more than $60,000, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend such sum as may be contributed by said local interests concurrently with the appro- priation herein authorized in the improvement and pavement of said ro ad : Pro vided further , That should the State of Georgia or any county or municipality or legal subdivision thereof, or any State or county or municipal highway commission, or equivalent public authority desi re that the p osition of sa id road be cha nged in any particular from the present Government-owned right of way, and should such local interests acquire title to the land necessary to effect such changes, the Secretary of War may expend the funds herein authorized for the improvement and pavement of such road as changed : And provided further, That no part of the appropriation herein authorized shall be expended until the State of Georgia, or the counties or municipalities thereof concerned, have accepted title to the present Government-owned road known as the Dry Valley Road and have obligated themselves in writing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that they will maintain said road as built under the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page .1104), immediately upon the completion of such improveme nts as may be made under t his appropriat ion. Approved, February 25, 1929. CHAP. 318.-Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers in the storm and flood stricken areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Flood-stricken areas States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secret ary of of southeastern states. Agriculture is hereby authorized, for the crop of 1929, to make Lo ans h farmers in,, for purchasing seeds, advances or loans to farmers and fruit growers in the storm and flood etc. stricken areas of Virinia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama' where he shall find that an emergency for such assistance exists for the purchase of seed of cotton, tobacco, corn, legumes, nursery stock, and vegetable crops, feed for work stock, and fertilizer, and, when necessary, to procure such seed, feed, and Terms, regulations, fertilizers and sell the same to such farmers. Such advances, loans, etc. or sales shall be made upon such terms a nd conditions and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe, including an agreement by each farmer to use the seed and fertilizer Lien on crop deemed thus obtained by him for crop production. A first lien on the crop security, to be produced from seed and fertilizer obtained through a loan, advance, or sale made under this section shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be deemed sufficient security therefor. Maximum of loans. In the case of land planted or to be planted in cotton or tobacco, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and fertilizer shall exceed $8 per acre, and in the case of land planted or to be planted in other crops, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and fertilizer shall exceed $3 per acre. No loan, advance, or sale under this resolution Agencies to be desig- shall, in any event, exceed $2,000 to any one person. All such nated. advances, loans, and sales shall be made through such agencies as the

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