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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 464 -JUNE 14, 1948 sufficient and until such later date as it deems advisable. Such postponed payments shall continue to bear interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum on the unpaid principal." SEC. 6. Section 216 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 216. INSURANCE BY BORROWERS; ACCELERATION OF LOANS; LIEN AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. - The Commission may require the bor- rower to insure, in such amount as the Commission may by regulation prescribe, all livestock and dwellings and other permanent improve- ments upon his tract, purchased or constructed out of any moneys loaned from the fund; or in lieu thereof the Commission may directly take out such insurance and add the cost thereof to the amount of principal payable under the loan. Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that the borrower has violated any condition enumer- ated in paragraphs (2), (4), (5), or (6) of section 215 of this title, the Commission shall give due notice and afford opportunity for a hearing to the borrower or the successor or successors to his interest in the tract as the case demands. If upon such hearing the Commission finds that the borrower has violated the condition the Commission may declare all principal and interest of the loan immediately due and payable notwithstanding any provision in the contract of loan to the contrary. The Commission shall have a first lien upon the borrower's or lessee's interest in his tract, growing crops, either on the tract or in any collective contract or program, dwellings, or other permanent improvements thereon, and his livestock, to the amount of all principal and interest due and unpaid and of all taxes and insurance upon such tract and improvements paid by the Commission, and of all indebted- ness of the lessee, the payment of which has been assured by the Com- mission. Such lien shall have priority over any other obligation for which the tract, said growing crops, dwellings, other improvements, or livestock may be security. "The Commission may, at such times as it deems advisable, enforce any such lien by declaring the borrower's interest in his tract or his successor's interest therein, as the case may be, together with the said growing crops, dwellings, and other permanent improvements thereon, and the livestock, to be forfeited, the lease in respect to such tract canceled, and shall thereupon order the tract to be vacated and the livestock surrendered within a reasonable time. The right to the use and occupancy of the Hawaiian home lands contained in such tract shall thereupon revest in the Commission, and the Commission may take possession of the tract and the improvements and growing crops thereon: Provided,That the Commission shall pay to the borrower any difference which may be due him after the appraisal provided for in paragraph (1) of section 209 of this title has been made." SEC. 7. Section 220 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 220. DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; APPROPRIATIONS BY TERRITORAL LEGISLATURE; BONDS ISSUED BY LEGISLATURE.- The Commission is authorized directly to undertake and carry on general water and other development projects in respect to Hawaiian home lands and to under- take other activities having to do with the economic and social welfare of the homesteaders, including the authority to derive revenue from the sale, to others than homesteaders, of water and other products of such projects or activities, or from the enjoyment thereof by others than homesteaders, where such sale of products or enjoyment of projects or activities by others does not interfere with the proper performance of the duties of the Commission: Provided, however, That roads through or over Hawaiian home lands, other than Federal- aid highways and roads, shall be maintained by the county or city and county in which said particular road or roads to be maintained 393 42 Stat. 113. 48U.S. C.§ 710. Violations. Ante, p . 392. 42 Stat. 112. 48U.S.C.§709(4) (5) (6). Immediate payment if violation found. First lien on prop- erty, etc. Enforcement of lien. tRevnstmeot of lands In (Comntll slon. Payment of differ- ence. 50 Stat. 504. 48U.S.C. 703(1). 42 Stat. 114. 48U. S. C. 1714. Maintenance of roads