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(May 12, 1933, sec. 34, 48 Stat. 49; June 16, 1933, sec. 80 (a), 48 Stat. 273; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1018.)

638-191. Penalties for false representation in obtaining loan.-Any person who shall knowingly make any material false representation for the purpose of obtaining any loan under part 3 of this title, or in assisting in obtaining any such loan, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (May 12, 1933, sec. 35, 48 Stat. 49; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1019.)

638-192. Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation; establishment of corporation; directors; bylaws; regulations; officers and employees.-That there is hereby established a corporation to be known as the "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation", hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "corporation." The principal office of the corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia and the management of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, or an officer of the Treasury designated by him, the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration, hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Governor", and the Land Bank Commissioner. The directors shall receive no additional compensation for their services as directors of the corporation, but may be allowed actual necessary traveling and subsistence expenses when engaged in the business of the corporation outside of the District of Columbia. The Governor shall be the chairman of the board of directors. The directors shall have power to adopt such bylaws, rules, regulations, and amendments thereto as they deem necessary for the conduct of the business of the corporation authorized under this Act. The directors shall have power, without regard to the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States, to employ and fix the compensation and duties of such agents, officers, and employees of the corporation as may be necessary to carry out the powers and duties conferred upon the corporation by this Act, to require bonds of them and fix the penalties thereof and dismiss them at pleasure, and to prescribe the manner in which the obligations of the corporation shall be incurred and its expenses allowed and paid, but the rates of compensation of such agents, officers, and employees of the corporation shall not exceed the rates of compensation prescribed for comparable duties by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 1, 48 Stat. 344; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020.)

638-193. Period of succession; powers; free use of mails; use of Government facilities.-The corporation shall have succession until dissolved by Act of Congress; shall have power to sue and be sued in any court, to adopt and use a corporate seal, to make contracts, and to acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property necessary and incident to the conduct of its business; and shall have such other powers as may be necessary and incident to carrying out its powers and duties under this Act. The corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government. The corporation, with the consent of any board, commission, independent establishment, or executive department of the Government, may avail itself of the use of information, services, facilities, officers, agents, and employees thereof, in carrying out the provisions of this Act. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 2, 48 Stat. 345; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020a.)

638-194. Capital; amount; subscription by United States.-The capital of the corporation shall be in the sum of $200,000,000, which shall be subscribed by the Governor on behalf of the United States in such amounts and at such times as he deems necessary for the purposes of the corporation. For the purpose of such capital subscription, the funds and proceeds thereof made available to the Land Bank Commissioner under section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933 and the mortgages taken by the Commissioner and the credit instruments secured thereby are hereby transferred to the corporation. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 3, 48 Stat. 345; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020b.)

638-195. Bonds; aggregate amount; guaranty by United States; purchase and sale of by United States; exchange of for consolidated farm loan bonds. (a) With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the corporation is authorized to issue and have outstanding at any one time bonds in an aggregate amount not exceeding $2,000,000,000. Such bonds shall be in such forms and denominations, shall have such maturities, shall bear such rates of interest, shall be subject to such terms and conditions, and shall be issued in such manner and sold at such prices, as may be prescribed by the corporation, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such bonds shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face thereof, and such bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof. In the event that the corporation shall be unable to pay upon demand, when due, the principal of, or interest on, such bonds, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the holder the amount thereof which is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and thereupon to the extent of the amount so paid the Secretary of the Treasury shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is authorized to pur chase any bonds of the corporation issued hereunder, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Loan Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of the corporation's bonds hereunder. The Secretary of the Treasury may, at any time, sell any of the bonds of the corporation acquired by him under this section. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of the bonds of the corporation shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States. No such bonds shall be issued in excess of the assets of the corporation, including the assets to be obtained from the proceeds of such bonds, but a failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate the bonds or the guaranty of the same. The corporation shall have power to purchase such bonds in the open market at any time and at any price. On such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, the corporation may exchange such bonds, upon application of any Federal land bank for consolidated farm loan bonds of equal face value issued under the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, and may exchange such consolidated farm loan bonds held by it for bonds of the corporation of equal face value. (Jan. 31, 1934,

sec. 4 (a), 48 Stat. 345; Apr. 27, 1934, sec. 14, 48 Stat. 647; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020c.)

638-196. Purchase of consolidated farm loan bonds; loans to Federal and joint stock land banks; investment in mortgages; extensions.-(b) The corporation is further authorized to purchase from time to time, for cash, such consolidated farm loan bonds at such prices and upon such terms as may be approved by the board of directors of the corporation; to make loans to Federal land banks and joint stock land banks on the security of real estate mortgages, sheriff's certificates, sales contracts and real estate, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the board of directors of the corporation: Provided, however, That loans outstanding to joint-stock land banks under this subsection shall not at any one time exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000; to make loans to Federal land banks on the security of consolidated farm loan bonds; and to invest its funds in mortgage loans made under section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended.

When in the judgment of the directors conditions justify it, the corporation shall have power to extend, in whole or in part, any unpaid obligation under the terms of any mortgage, and to accept payment of any such obligation together with interest thereon, at a rate not exceeding 5 per centum per annum, during such period and in such amounts as may be agreed upon at the date of making such extension. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 4 (b), 48 Stat. 346; Aug. 19, 1937, secs. 2, 4, 50 Stat. 703; 12 Ú. S. C., sec. 1020d)

638-197. Preparation of bonds.-(c) In order to furnish bonds for delivery by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prepare suitable bonds in such form, subject to the provisions of this Act, as the board of directors may approve, such bonds when prepared to be held in the Treasury subject to delivery upon order of the corporation. The engraved plates, dies, bedpieces, and so forth, executed in connection therewith shall remain in the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury. The corporation shall reimburse the Secretary of the Treasury for any expenditures made in the preparation, custody, and delivery of such bonds. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 4 (c), 48 Stat. 346; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020e.) 638-198. Exemptions from taxation.-(a) The corporation, including its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus, and its income shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any Territory, dependency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, or local taxing authority; except that any real property of the corporation shall be subject to State, Territorial, county, municipal, or local taxation to the same extent according to its value as other real property is taxed.

(b) Mortgages executed to the Land Bank Commissioner and mortgages held by the Corporation, and the credit instruments secured thereby, and bonds issued by the Corporation under the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed and held to be instrumentalities of the Government of the United States, and as such they and the income derived therefrom shall be exempt from Federal, State, municipal, and local taxation (except surtaxes, estate, inheritance, and gift taxes). (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 12, 48 Stat. 347; Feb. 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 360; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020f.)

638-199. Severability clause; reservation of right to amend.—(a) If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

(b) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 17, 48 Stat. 348; 12 U. Š. C., sec. 1020g.)

638-200. Citation of Act.-This Act may be cited as the "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act". (Jan. 31, 1934, sec. 18, 48 Stat. 349; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020h.)

638-201. Loans to farmers by Governor of Farm Credit Administration; purposes. That the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration, hereinafter in this Act referred to as the Governor, is hereby authorized to make loans to farmers in the United States (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico), for fallowing, for planting, for cultivation, for production of crops, for harvesting of crops, for supplies incident and necessary to such production or harvesting, and for feed for livestock, or for any of such purposes. Such loans shall be made and collected through such agencies, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such regulations, as the Governor may prescribe. (Jan. 29, 1937, sec. 1, 50 Stat. 5; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020i.)

638-202. Persons entitled; security; limitation on amount; interest.(a) No loan shall be made under this Act to any applicant who shall not have first established to the satisfaction of the proper officer or employee of the Farm Credit Administration, under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, that such applicant is unable to procure from other sources a loan in an amount reasonably adequate to meet his needs for the purposes for which loans may be made under this Act; and preference shall be given to the applications of farmers whose cash requirements are small.

(b) There shall be required as security for any such loan a first lien, or an agreement to give a first lien, upon all crops of which the production or harvesting, or both, is to be financed, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of such loan; or, in case of any loan, for the purchase or production of feed for livestock, a first lien upon the livestock to be fed.

(c) No loan made under the provisions of this Act to any borrower shall exceed $400, nor shall a loan be so made in any calendar year which, together with the unpaid principal of prior loans so made to such borrower in that year, shall exceed $400 in amount: Provided, however, That in any area certified by the President of the United States to the Governor as a distressed emergency area, the Governor may make loans without regard to the foregoing limitations as to amount, under such regulations, with such maturities, and in such amounts as he may prescribe.

(d) Each loan shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. (Jan. 29, 1937, sec. 2, 50 Stat. 6; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020j.)

638-203. Use of loan, purposes; exemption from execution, etc.-The proceeds of each loan made by the Governor under the provisions of this Act shall be impressed with a trust for the purposes for which loans may be made under this Act, and may be used only for the purposes stated in the application therefor, and such trust shall continue, and the proceeds shall be free from garnishment, attachment,

or the levy of an execution, until such proceeds have been used by the borrower for such purposes. (Jan. 29, 1937, sec. 3, 50 Stat. 6; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020k.)

638-204. Fees for making loans and releasing liens.-(a) Fees for recording, filing, registration, and examination of records (including certificates) shall not exceed 75 cents per loan, and may be paid from the proceeds of the loan.

(b) No fees for releasing liens given to secure loans made pursuant to this Act, nor any other fee not specified herein, shall be paid from the funds herein authorized to be appropriated. (Jan. 29, 1937, sec. 4, 50 Stat. 6; 12 U. S. C., sec. 10201.)

638-205. Officers and employees; appointment and compensation; use by other institutions; use of employees of other institutions. (a) The Governor shall have power, without regard to the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States, to employ and fix the compensation and duties of such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act; but the compensation of such officers and employees shall correspond, so far as the Governor deems practicable, to the rates established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

(b) Such agents, officers, and employees, or any of them, and the agents, officers, employees, and facilities of the Farm Credit Administration available for use in connection with loans made under the provisions of this Act or of prior crop production, seed, and feed loan Acts of the same general character, may be used by the Governor to perform services for any institution operating under the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor may determine; and such institutions are hereby expressly empowered to enter into agreements with the Governor for such purpose.

(c) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and for collecting loans made under other Acts of the same general character, including loans made by the Governor with funds appropriated by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, or the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Governor is authorized also to use the facilities and services of any agency or corporation operating under the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration, and of any officer or employee of any such agency or institution, or of the Farm Credit Administration, and may pay for such services and the use of such facilities from the funds made available for the payment of necessary administrative expenses, and such agencies and institutions are hereby expressly empowered to enter into agreements with the Governor for the accomplishment of such purposes and to perform the services provided for therein. (Jan. 29, 1937, sec. 5, 50 Stat. 6; 12 U. S. C., sec. 1020m.)

638-206. Unlawful use of loans; false representations; accepting fee for securing loans; penalties.-(a) Except with the written permission of the Governor or his duly authorized representative, it shall be unlawful for any borrower to willfully use the proceeds of any loan:

(1) For any purpose other than those specified in the application therefor; or

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