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 56 STAT.I 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 516-JULY 22, 1942 principal amount of the obligations securing such advances; and (4) upon such other terms and conditions, and with such maturities, as the Corporation may determine. The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay to the Corporation, currently as received by him, all moneys collected as payments of principal and interest on the loans made from the amounts so advanced or collected upon any obligations held by the Corporation as security for such advances, until such amounts are fully repaid. The amount of notes, debentures, bonds, or other such obligations which the Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under the provi- sions of law in force on the date this Act takes effect is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. None of the moneys appropriated or otherwise authorized under this caption ("Loans, Grants, and Rural Rehabilitation") shall be used for (1) the purchase of land or for the carrying on of any land- purchase program; (2) for carrying on any experiment in collective farming, except for the liquidation of any such projects heretofore initiated; or (3) for making loans to any individual farmer in excess of $2,500. No part of the appropriations contained in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943, under the heading "Loans, Grants, and Rural Rehabilitation," shall be available to pay the compensation of any person appointed in accordance with the civil- service laws. WATER FACILITIES, ARID AND SEMIARID AREAS To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes", approved August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590r-590x, 590z-5), including the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, $202,585, of which not to exceed $11,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. COOPERATIVE FARM FORESTRY To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S . C . 568b), (not to exceed $551,100) and the provisions of sections 4 (not to exceed $83,700) and 5 (not to exceed $65,200) of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S . C. 567-568), and Acts supplementary thereto including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the purchase of reference books and tech- nical journals; not to exceed $30,000 for the construction or purchase of necessary buildings, and other improvements; in all, not to exceed $700,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture to be the value equivalent thereof: Provided further, That any part of this appropriation allocated for the production or 697 Repayment. Increase of RFO obligations. Ante, p. 176. Restrictions on use of funds. Development of facilities. 60 Stat. 869. 80 Stat. 188 . 43 Stat. 654. Proism. State, etc., contri- butions. Nursery stock.

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