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Volume 49 · 1462

Public Law 74–496

To make lands in drainage, irrigation, and conservancy districts eligible for loans by the Federal land banks and other Federal agencies loaning on farm lands, notwithstanding the existence of prior liens of assessments made by such districts, and for other purposes.

Approved June 4, 1936

Statutory text

AN ACT

To make lands in drainage, irrigation, and conservancy districts eligible for loans by the Federal land banks and other Federal agencies loaning on farm lands, notwithstanding the existence of prior liens of assessments made by such districts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Farm

Farm Credit Administration, etc.

Loans by, on landsin drainage, irrigation, and conservancy districts.

Vol. 48, pp. 257, 344.

U. S. C., pp. 419, 442.

Credit Administration, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, the Federal land banks, the Land Bank Commissioner, and any lending or financing agency established by or under the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, or the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, areauthorized to make loans or acquire mortgages on lands in any drainage, irrigation, or conservancy district, notwithstanding the existence of any prior lien or charge arising out of an assessment for

Terms and conditions.

special benefits made by such district, in any case where (1) such land is otherwise eligible for a loan, (2) such assessment is payable over a period of years, and (3) reasonable security exists for the repayment of the loan, taking into consideration all facts and values, including the term and size of the loan, the integrity of the applicant, and the increased earning capacity of the lands arising from the improvements or benefits in respect of which the assessment was made.

Approved, June 4, 1936.

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