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 85 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-181-DEC. 10, 1971

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PART B—FEDERAL LAXD B A X K ASSOCIATIONS SEC.

1.13. ORGAXIZATTOXS; ARTICLES; CHARTERS; POWERS OF THE

GOVERNOR.—Each Federal land bank association chartered under section 7 of the Federal F a r m Loan Act, as amended, shall continue as a Post, p. 624. federally chartered instrumentality of the United States. A Federal land bank association may be organized by any group of ten or more persons desiring to borrow money from a Federal land bank, including persons to whom the Federal land bank has made a loan directly or through an agent and has taken as security real estate located in the territory proposed to be served by the association. The articles of association shall describe the territory within which the association proposes to carry on its operations. Proposed articles shall be forwarded to the Federal land bank for the district, accompanied by an agreement to subscribe on behalf of the association for stock of the land bank equal to not less than $5 nor more than $10 per $100 of the amount of the aggregate loans desired or held by the association members. Such stock may be paid for by surrendering for cancellation stock in the bank held by a borrower and the issuance of an equivalent amount of stock to such borrower in the association. The articles shall be accompanied by a statement signed by each of the members of the proposed association establishing his eligibility for, and that he has or desires a Federal land bank loan; that the real estate with respect to which he desires a loan is not being served by another Federal land bank association; and that he is or will become a stockholder in the proposed association. x. copy of the articles of association shall be forA warded to the Governor of the F a r m Credit Administration with the recommendations of the bank concerning the need for the proposed association in order to adequately ser\'e the credit needs of eligible persons in the proj^osed territory and a statement as to whether or not the territory includes any territory described in the charter of another Federal land bank association. The Governor for good cause shown may deny the charter applied for. Upon the approval of the proposed articles by the Governor and the issuance of such charter, the association shall become as of such date a federally chartered body corporate and an instrumentality of the United States. The Governor shall have power, in the terms of the charter, under rules and regulations prescribed by him or by approving bylaws of the association, to provide for the organization of the association, the initial amount of stock of such association, the territory within which its operations may be carried on and to direct at any time changes in the charter of such association as he finds necessary in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. 1.14. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Each Federal land bank association shall elect from its voting shareholders a board of directors of such number, for such terms, in such manner, and with such qualifications as may be required by its bylaws. SEC. 1.15. GENERAL CORPORATE POWERS.—Each Federal land bank association shall be a body corporate and, subject to supervision of the Federal land bank for the district and of the Farm Credit Administration, shall have the power to— (1) Adopt and use a corporate seal. (2) Have succession until dissolved under the provisions of this Act or other Act of Congress. (3) Make contracts. (4) Sue and be sued. (5) Acquire, hold, dispose, and otherwise exercise all of the usual incidents of ownership of real estate and personal property necessary or convenient to its business. SEC.

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