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[69 Stat. 553]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 553]

69 S T A T. ]

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PUBLIC LAW 273-AUG. 9, 1955

thereof, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Connecticut River at or near Old Saybrook, Connecticut", are each amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 4 of such Act of March 23, 1906, shall not be applicable to the bridge constructed pursuant to the provisions of this Act." SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as amending any provision of existing Federal law relating to the expenditure of Federalaid highway funds. Approved August 9, 1965.

34 Stat. 85. 33 USC 494.

CHAPTER 632

Public Law 272 AN ACT

August 9, 1955

To amend the Act known as the "Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946", approved August 14, 1946.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeiitatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (h) of section 203 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 (h)) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Whoever knowingly shall falsely make, issue, alter, forge, or counterfeit any official certificate, memorandum, mark, or other identification, or device for making such mark or identification, with respect to inspection, class, grade, quality, size, quantity, or condition, issued or authorized under this section or knowingly cause or procure, or aid, assist in, or be a party to, such false making, issuing, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, or whoever knowingly shall possess, without promptly notifying the Secretary of Agriculture or his representative, utter, publish, or use as true, or cause to be uttered, published, or used as true, any such falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited official certificate, memorandum, mark, identification, or device, or whoever knowingly represents that an agricultural product has been officially inspected or graded (by an authorized inspector or grader) under the authority of this section when such commodity has in fact not been so graded or inspected shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.". SEC. 2. The farm produce inspection clause contained in various appropriation Acts (7 U.S.C. 414) and the second, third, and fourth sentences of section 1 of the Produce Agency Act of March 3, 1927 (7 U.S.C. 492) are hereby repealed. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 273

[s. 1757]

Inspection c e r tifications. 60 Stat. 1088.

Repeals. 44 Stat. 1355.

CHAPTER 633 AN ACT

To amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to modify, clarify, and provide additional authority for insurance of loans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the BankheadJones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1000 and the following), is further amended as follows: Title I of the Act is amended by the addition of the following new section 16: "SEC. 16. (a) The Secretary is authorized to insure and to make commitments for the insurance of loans made for the purposes spec-

August 9, 1955 [S. 1758]

F a rtn t e n a loans. Insurance i thority. 60 Stat. 1072.