Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/787

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 Agreement to re- fund if subsequently found operator failed to comply. Where cotton pro- duced in 1937 on two or more farm units. Total or partial crop failure from hail, etc., conditions. Payments. Naval stores conser- vation programs, pay- ments. 49 Stat. 1149. Services of regional associations, etc. Ante, p. 68 . Federal Crop In- surance Act. Administrative and operating expenses. 50 Stat. 430. Ante, p. 72 . Designated allot- ments. Ante, p. 77 . Ante, p. 73. Federal Crop Insur- ance Corporation,sub- scriptions to capital stock. 50 Stat. 430. compliance on the part of all producers on the farm in 1938 who pro- duced cotton in 1937, (b) payment shall not be delivered to any operator or producer until he has agreed in writing to refund the payment forthwith upon demand in case it is subsequently found that he has failed to comply with the requirements as defined herein and in said section 381 (a), (c) in cases where cotton was produced in 1937 on two or more producer units on the farm it shall be assumed that the production thereon was uniform, and (d) it shall be assumed that there was a total or partial crop failure resulting from hail, drought, flood, or boll-weevil infestation (which is defined to include any other insect or fungus) only if the yield in 1937 is below the base yield for the farm and in such case the total production shall be considered to be the normal yield for the farm multiplied by the number of acres planted to cotton in 1937; and (3) make payments, as soon as practicable, on the basis of his estimate of the amounts which will be covered by the applications to be filed and of the funds to be used out of the appropriation for the necessary administrative expenses of making the cotton price adjustment payments: And pro- vided further, That in administering the naval stores conservation programs authorized in section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domes- tic Allotment Act and in making payments thereunder to gum naval stores producers the Secretary may utilize the services of regional associations of such producers or any agency of the Government in lieu of the State, county, and other local committees utilized in the other agricultural conservation programs if he finds that more effi- cient administration will result, and the provisions of section 388 (b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 shall otherwise be appli- cable to the administration of said naval stores conservation programs. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT Administrative and operating expenses: Not to exceed $5,500,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made in the Depart- ment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1938, under the heading "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources, Department of Agriculture", is hereby made available for operating and adminis- trative expenses under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (title V, Agri- cultural Adjustment Act of 1938), approved February 1G, 1938, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to be allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture (a) to the Federal Crop Insurance Cor- poration, as authorized by section 516 (a) of such Act, and (b) to bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture or for transfer to other agencies of State and Federal Governments, as authorized by section 507 (d) of such Act; and such part as the Secretary allots under clause (b) hereof, shall be available for the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers. Subscriptions to capital stock, Federal Crop Insurance Corpora- tion: Not to exceed $20,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made in the Department of Agriculture Appropria- tion Act, 1938, approved June 29, 1937, under the head "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources, Department of Agricul- ture", is hereby made available for use by the Secretary of the Treas- ury during the fiscal year 1939, at such times and in such amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture may request, for the purpose of sub- scribing to and paying for the capital stock of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation of the United States of America, as provided 746 [52 STAT.