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48 Stat. 1247; 55 Stat. 55; 63 Stat. 571; 64 Stat. 48; 65 Stat. 295. 12 USC 1701. 50 Stat. 522. 7 USC 1001100 5d. 50 Stat. 869. 16 USC 5 9 0 r 590X-3.

48 Stat. 1263.

PUBLIC LAW 344-,AUG. 11, 1955

68 Stat. 1047. 15 USC 713a-4.

15 USC 714b (i).

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entire amount of such obligation is sold to the association. The amount of any such loan hereafter made shall not exceed 50 per centum of the appraised value of the real estate offered as security and no such loan shall be made for a longer term than five years; except that (1) any such loan may be made in an amount not to exceed 66% per centum of the appraised value of the real estate offered as security and for a term not longer than ten years if the loan is secured by an amortized mortgage, deed of trust, or other such instrument under the terms of which the installment payments are sufficient to amortize 40 per centum or more of the principal of the loan within a period of not more than ten years, (2) any such loan may be made in an amount not to exceed 66% per centum of the appraised value of the real estate offered as security and for a term not longer than twenty years if the loan is secured by an amortized mortgage, deed of trust, or other such instrument under the terms of which the installment payments are sufficient to amortize the entire principal of the loan within a period of not more than twenty years, and (3) the foregoing limitations and restrictions shall not prevent the renewal or extension of loans heretofore made and shall not apply to real estate loans which are insured under the provisions of title II, title VI, title VIII, section 8 of title I, or title IX of the National Housing Act or which are insured by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to title I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, or 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. No such association shall make such loans in an aggregate sum in excess of the amount of the capital stock of such association paid in and unimpaired plus the amount of its unimpaired surplus fund, or in excess of 60 per centum of the amount of its time and savings deposits, whichever is the greater. Any such association may continue hereafter as heretofore to receive time and savings deposits and to pay interest on the same, but the rate of interest which such association may pay upon such time deposits or upon savings or other deposits shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by law to be paid upon such deposits by State banks or trust companies organized under the laws of the State in which such association is located." SEC. 2. The first sentence of the third paragraph of section 24 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (tj. S. C, 1952 edition, title 12, sec. 371), is amended by striking "six" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine". Approved August 11, 1955.

Public Law 344 August 11, 1955 [S. 2604]

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CHAPTER 782

AN ACT To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation,

Be it eruicted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 108), as amended, is amended by striking out "$10,000,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,000,000,000". SEC. 2. Section 4(i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (62 Stat. 1070), as amended, is amended by striking out "$10,000,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,000,000,000^. Approved August 11, 1955.

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