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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 544-NOV. 26, 1941 "The entire receipts derived from any leasing of the 'available lands' defined in section 204 shall be deposited into the Hawaiian home-administration account. The moneys in said account shall be expended by the Commission for salaries and all other administration expenses of the Commission, not including structures and other per- manent improvements, subject, however, to the following conditions and requirements: "(1) The Commission shall, at such time as the Governor may pre- scribe, but not later than November 15 preceding each biennial session of the legislature, submit to the territorial director of the bureau of the budget its budget estimates of expenditures for the next ensuing biennium in the manner and form and as required by territorial law of territorial departments and establishments. "(2) The Commission's budget, if it meets with the approval of the Governor, shall be included in the Governor's budget report and shall be transmitted to the legislature for its approval. The total amount of the Commission's budget shall in no event exceed the amount of $140,000 for the biennium. "(3) Upon approval by the legislature of the Commission's budget estimate of expenditures for the ensuing biennium or if no action hereon is taken by the legislature prior to adjournment, the amount thereof shall be available to the Commission for said biennium and shall be expendable by the Commission for the expenses hereinabove provided; any amount of money in said account in excess of the amount approved by the legislature for the biennium shall be trans- ferred to the general fund of the treasury of the Territory, such transfer to be made immediately after the amount of moneys deposited in said administration account shall equal the amount approved by the legislature. "(4) The moneys in said administration account shall be expended by the Commission in accordance with Territorial laws, rules, and regulations and practices: "Provided, however, That the receipts from the leasing of available lands as defined in section 204 shall not be covered into said account until July 1, 1943: Provided further, That for the biennium com- mencing July 1, 1941, and ending June 30, 1943, the amount of money appropriated by the Territorial legislature for the Commission, whether or not in excess of $140,000, shall be deposited in said account and shall be expended as herein provided.' SEC. 5. Section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, is hereby amended as follows: 1. By amending paragraph (1) thereof to read as follows: "(1) Each contract of loan with the lessee or any successor or successors to his interest in the tract shall be held subject to the following conditions, whether or not stipulated in the contract of loan: The amount of loans at any one time to any lessee, or successor or successors in interest, of a tract of agricultural or pastoral land shall not exceed $3,000 and to any lessee, or successor or successors in interest, of a residence lot shall not exceed $1,000: Provided, That where, upon the death of a lessee leaving no relative qualified to be a lessee of Hawaiian home lands, or the cancelation of a lease by the Commission, or the surrender of a lease by the lessee, the Commission shall make the payment provided for by section 209 (1), the amount of any such payment made to the legal representative of the deceased lessee, or to the previous lessee, as the case may be, shall be considered as part or all, as the case may be, of any such loan to the successor or successors, without limitation as to the above maximum amounts: Providedfurther, That in case of the death of a lessee, or the cancela- tion of a lease by the Commission, or the surrender of a lease by the 278941 -42-PT. I --50 785 Hawaiian home-ad- ministration account. 42 Stat. 110. 48U.S.C. 698. Expenditures. Budget estimates. Inclusion in Gover- nor's budget report. Limitation. Availability of funds. Transfer of excess amount. Territorial laws, rules, etc. Provisos. 42 Stat. 110 . 48U.S. c. 698. 42 Stnt. 112. 481. S.C. 1709(I). Conditions in loan contracts. Amount of loans. Prorisos. Payment to legal representative, etc. Ante, p. 783. Successor to aume outstanding loans.

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