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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 328 -330 --3UNE 30, 1944 Property aqured to constitute national memorial. Contro i6U.S .S . HI-4a. 4& Museum for relic and records. Roads and ftesilteB. Appropriation an- ta5LL SuE. 2. The property acquired under the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall constitute the Harpers Ferry National Monument and shall be a public national memorial commemorating historical events at or near Harpers Ferry. The Director of the National Park Service under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of such national monument, and shall maintain and preserve it for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", as amended. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to- (1) Maintain, either in an existing structure acquired under the provisions of section 1 of this Act or in a building constructed by him for the purpose, a museum for relics and records pertaining to historic events that took place at Harpers Ferry, and for other relics of national and patriotic interest, and to accept on behalf of the United States, for installation in such museum, articles which may be offered as additions to the museum and (2) Construct roads and facilities and mark with monuments, tablets, or otherwise, points of interest within the boundaries of the Harpers Ferry National Monument. SEC. 4 . There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the improvements and maintenance on the lands and sites donated under the provisions of this Act. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 329] Jne .19 AN ACT [H. R . 41021 To extend for one additional year the reduced rate of interest on Land Bank [Public Law 371 Commissioner loans. Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, amndment. 80 Stat. 521. 12 U. S. C., Bupp. Il. I 1016 (i). Interest rate, lml- tatiuna. unme 0, B194 [H. B. 482] [Public Law 388 tate of Oregon. I eof space inold powtafi boildig at Po d for Ann. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen- tence of the last paragraph of section 32 (relating to reduction in the interest rate on loans by the Land Bank Commissioner) of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 edition, Supp. II, title 12, sec. 1016 (i)), is amended to read as fol- lows: "Notwithstanding the fore oing provisions of this section, the rate of interest on loans made under this section shall not exceed 4 per centum per annum for all interest payable on installment dates occurring on or after July 22, 1937, and prior to July 1, 1940, and shall not exceed 31 / per centum per annum for all interest payable on installment dates occurring on or after July 1, 1940, and prior to July 1, 1944, and shall not exceed 4 per centum per annum for all interest payable on installment dates occurring on or after July 1, 1944, and prior to July 1, 1945." Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 330] AN ACT To authorize the use of space in the old post-office building in Portland, Oregon, by the State of Oregon for its use as a museum for relics from the battleship Oregon, together ith all other historical documets, objects and relics of Oregon and the Old Oregon Country held by the State for public display. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioner of Public Buldmgs is authorized to lease, without regard to section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 412; 40 T. S C [58 STAT.