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Chap. 318: For the relief of farmers in the storm and flood stricken areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Chapter 318 45 Stat. 1306 1929-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 318.— Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers in the storm and flood stricken areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
February 25, 1929.[[S. J. Res. 182](/us/bill/70/sjres/182).][[Pub. Res., No. 92](/us/bill/70/pubres/92).] Resolved try the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Supreme Court Building, D. C.Time for submitting plans extended. Flood-stricken areas of Southeastern States. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, for the crop of 1929, to make advances or loans to farmers and fruit growers in the storm and flood stricken areas of Loans to farmers in, for purchasing seeds, etc.Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama where he shall find that an emergency for such assistance exists for the purchase of seed of cotton, tobacco, corn, legumes, nursery stock, and vegetable crops, feed for work stock, and fertilizer, and, when Terms, regulations, etc.necessary, to procure such seed, feed, and fertilizers and sell the same to such farmers.
Such advances, loans, or sales shall be made upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe, including an agreement by each farmer to use the seed and fertilizer Lien on crop deemed security.thus obtained by him for crop production. A first lien on the crop to be produced from seed and fertilizer obtained through a loan, advance, or sale made under this section shall, in the discretion of the Maximum of loans.Secretary of Agriculture, be deemed sufficient security therefor.
In the case of land planted or to be planted in cotton or tobacco, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and fertilizer shall exceed $8 per acre, and in the case of land planted or to be planted in other crops, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and Agencies to be designated.fertilizer shall exceed $3 per acre. No loan, advance, or sale under this resolution shall, in any event, exceed $2,000 to any one person. All such advances, loans, and sales shall be made through such agencies as the 1307Secretary of Agriculture may designate.
For Sum authorized for expenses.*Post*, p. 1435.carrying out the purposes of this resolution, including ail expenses and charges incurred in so doing, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of *Proviso*.Punishment for false statements to obtain loans, etc.$6,000,000, to be immediately available: *Provided,* That any person who shall knowingly make any material false representation for the purpose of obtaining an advance, loan, or sale under this resolution, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.
Approved, February 25, 1929.
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