[CHAPTER 878-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 7908] AN ACT To extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 21 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935, and known as the Bankhead-Jones Act, be, and the same are hereby, extended to Puerto Rico in such amounts as are hereinafter authorized without diminution of the amounts authorized for payment to the States and the Territory of Hawaii, as provided in section 21 of that Act. SEC. 2. To carry into effect the above provisions for extending to Puerto Rico, to the extent herein provided, the benefits of the said Bankhead-Jones Act, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: For the fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, $88,000; for the fiscal year following the first fiscal year for which an appropriation is made in pursuance of the foregoing authorization, the additional sum of $10,000; and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter an additional sum of $40,000 until the total appropriations authorized by this section shall amount to $408,000 annually, the authorization to continue in that amount for each succeeding fiscal year. Approved, August 28, 1937. [PUBLIC-No. 433-74TH CONGRESS] [S. 3934] AN ACT To repeal the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of_the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law Numbered 483, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, known as the Kerr Tobacco Act, and Public Law Numbered 169, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, known as the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, except section 24 thereof, and sections 201 to 233, both inclusive, of Public Law Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, known as the Potato Act of 1935, be, and the same hereby are, repealed; and all liens for taxes imposed as provided in subdivision (f) of section 4 of Public Law Numbered 169 are hereby cancelled and released. Approved, February 10, 1936. [H. J. Res. 514] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the completion of certain records and operations resulting from the administration of the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935 (repealed), and making funds available for those and other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not to exceed $1,068,825 (to be available until September 1, 1936) of the appropriation of $296.185.000 for "Payments for Agricultural Adjustment" contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved February 11, 1936 (Public Act Numbered 440, Seventy-fourth Congress), may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the following purposes: (1) So much as may be necessary, not to exceed the sum of $1,026,000 (notwithstanding the repeal by Public Act Numbered 433, Seventy-fourth Congress, of Public Law Numbered 483, Seventythird Congress, as amended, known as the Kerr Tobacco Act, and Public Law Numbered 169, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, known as the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, except section 24 thereof, and sections 201 to 233, both inclusive, of Public Law Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, known as the Potato Act of 1935). for the redemption of tax-payment warrants as provided in such Kerr Act, including administrative expenses necessary therefor; for salaries and administrative expenses incurred on or before February 10, 1936, under such three Acts, or sections of Acts, repealed; for such personal services and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including rent, printing and binding, travel, and other administrative expenses incurred after that date as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, respectively, deem necessary, in order expeditiously to complete and preserve all of the administrative records showing the various transactions and activities involved in the administration of such Acts; and, if no other funds are available, for such salaries and administrative expenses as were incurred on or before February 10, 1936, in the operation of the several cotton tax-exemption certificate pools established pursuant to regulations prescribed under said Bankhead Act, and such salaries and administrative expenses thereafter incurred as the Secretary of Agriculture finds to be necessary for the purpose of completing the work relating to and liquidating, as soon as may be, such pools. (2) So much as may be necessary, not to exceed the sum of $42,825. for salaries and necessary administrative expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to complete the work of auditing vouchers and payment of freight bills in transactions entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture with relation to the purchase and sale of seed as a result of the allocations to the Secretary of Agriculture author. izing the purchase and sale of seed made pursuant to the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935. The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Treasury Department, out of the funds made available by this joint resolution, such sums (not to exceed a total of $175,000) as are required for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to carry out the above-stated purposes. SEC. 2. The sum of $453,100 of the appropriation of $296,185,000 referred to in section 1 hereof shall be returned to surplus immediately upon the enactment of this joint resolution. Approved, March 14, 1936. [PUBLIC-No. 489-74TH CONGRESS] [S. 3998] AN ACT To enable the Commodity Credit Corporation to better serve the farmers in orderly marketing, and to provide credit and facilities for carrying surpluses from season to season. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration are hereby authorized and directed to take all necessary steps to increase the capital stock of the Commodity Credit Corporation by $97,000,000; and that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to acquire $97,000,000 of the nonassessable capital stock of the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to increase the amount of notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered under existing law to issue and to have outstanding at any one time. Approved, April 10, 1936. [H. R. 12037] AN ACT Relating to compacts and agreements among States in which tobacco is produced providing for the control of production of, or commerce in, tobacco in such States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the United States of America hereby consents that any of the States in which tobacco is produced may negotiate a compact or compacts for the purpose of regulating and controlling the production of, or commerce in, any one or more kinds of tobacco therein: Provided, That all State acts authorizing such compact or compacts shall be essentially uniform and in no way conflicting: Provided further, That any compact, compacts, agreement, or agreements negotiated and agreed upon by the States referred to in the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 13, 1936 (known as the Tobacco Control Act), or by any other State or States producing any type or types of tobacco referred to in said Act, which is in conformity with said Act and relating to the type or types of tobacco specifically referred to in said Act, shall become effective to the extent and in the manner provided for in said Act without further consent or ratification on the part of the Congress of the United States of America: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the Congress of the United States of America from hereafter withdrawing its consent to any compact or agreement entered into pursuant to this Act: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant the consent of Congress to negotiate any compact for regulating or controlling the production of, or commerce in, tobacco for the purpose of fixing the price thereof, or to create or perpetuate monopoly, or to promote regimentation, but such consent shall be limited to compacts for the regulation and control of production of, or commerce in, tobacco in order thereby to enable growers to receive a fair price for such tobacco. SEC. 2. As used in this Act, unless otherwise stated or unless the context or subject matter clearly indicates otherwise "Person" means any individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, or association. "State Act" means any Act of a State legislature authorizing a compact or compacts pursuant to the consent given in this Act. "Commission" means the tobacco commission created by any State Act. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. "Kind of tobacco" means one or more types of tobacco as classified in Service and Regulatory Announcement Numbered 118 of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the United States Depart |