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 750 Rules. Division of refunds. Ante,p.620. Annual appropria- t ions autho rized. Post, pp. 1115, 1881 . Admin istrative ex- penses. Federal Social Secu- rity Board. Local cooperation with, dire cted. Effective date. August 24, 1935. [H. R. 8492.] [Public, No. 320.] Agricultural Adjust- m ent Act, amend- ments. Vol. 48, p. 32; U.S. C.,p.155. Declaration of policy ; base periods for com- modity prices . Vol.48,p.32; U. S. C.,p.156. 7 4TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 640, 641. AUGUST 24, 1935 . such property, or a proper part thereof, upon the first grant of such assistance, or at any time thereafter that it deems advisable for the purpose of safeguarding the interest of an applicant or for the pro- tection of the funds of the District of Columbia. Such agency shall establish such rules and regulations regarding the care, management, transfer, and sale of such property as it deems advisable and shall provided 1 for the return of the balance of the claimant's property into his hands whenever the assistance is withdrawn or the claimant ceases to request it. If t he District of Co lumbia collects f rom the estate of any recipient of old-age assistance any amount with respect to old-age assistance furnished him under this Act, one half of the net amount so collected shall be paid to the United States in accord- ance with the provisions of Title I of the Social Security Act. SEC. 13. Congress shall appropriate annually and make available to the order of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia such sums as may be needed to pay the share of the District of Columbia for old-age assistance, provided under this Act together with a sufficient sum to defray its share 1 administrative expenses to be inc urre d in conn ecti on th erew ith, and incl ude such sum s in the annual District of Columbia appropriation Act. Should the sums so app ropriated, howev er, be expended o r exhausted durin g the year for the purposes for which it was appropriated, additional sums sh all be appropriat ed by Congress a s occasion demand s to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 14. All necessary expenses incurred by the District of Colum- bia in carrying out the provision' of this Act shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the District of Columbia are paid. SEC. 15 . The Board of Commissioners or its designated agency is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate in all necessary respects with the Social Security Board of the United States Government in th e administration of this Act, and to accept any su ms allotted or apport ioned by such Bo ard as are availa ble under the pro visions of the So cial Security Ac t. SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect ninety days after its passage. Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 641 .1 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first sentence of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the first word and inserting in lieu thereof the following : " Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this title, to", and by inserting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the following : "and, in the case of all commodities for which the base period is the pre-war period, August 1909 to July 1914, will also refle ct current intere st payments per a cre on farm indeb tedness secured by real estate an d tax payments pe r acre on farm re al estate, as co ntrasted with suc h interest paymen ts and tax paymen ts during the ba se period ". (b) Section 2 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended by striking out subsections (2) and (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following 1So in original.