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PUBLIC LAW 654-JUNE 4, 1956

advances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security of obligations under the foregoing several authorities): Title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $24,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be distributed to States and Territories without regard to farm population and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entrymen on unpatented public land; title II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $165,000,000; the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended, $5,500,000; and an additional amount not to exceed $15,000,000 may be borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such additional amount is required during fiscal year 1957 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious and orderly conduct of the loan program under title II of the Bankhead-Jones F a r m Tenant Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing several amounts shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952.

50 Stat. 322, 530. 7 u s C 10011006, 1017.

50 Stat. 524. 7 USC 10071009. 50 Stat. 869; 68 Stat. 735. 16 USC 5 9 0 r 550«-3.

65 Stat. 240.

SALARIES A N D EXPENSES

For making, servicing^ and collecting loans and insured mortgages, the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior authority, the liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers' Home Administration, and other administrative expenses, $26,750,000, together with a transfer of not to exceed $550,000 of the fees and administrative expense charges made available by subsections (d) and (e) of section 12 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1005 (b)), and section 10(c) of the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended. OFFICE OF THE GENERAL

7 USC 1005b. 68 Stat. 736. 16 USC 590x-;t.

COUNSEL

For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,740,000. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and drayage charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs and alterations, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131), and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture; $2,500,000.

68 Stat. 1114.

OFFICE OF INFORMATION

For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $1,325,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417) and not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty

34 Stat. 690. Yearbook of Ateri culture.

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