Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-08-17

payments On the principal in sums OF
$50 Or any multiple thereof, thus dis
charging the debt more quickly.
Funds Available For Loans.
After a federal land bank has loaned
to first mortgage $4,000 it can obtain
permission from the farm loan board
to issue $4,000 in farm loan bonds
based On these mortgages, sell such
bonds in the open market and use the
money thus obtained to lend on other
mortgages
This process of lending on mortgages
and selling bonds in issues of $4,000
may be repeated until bonds to the
amount of twenty times the banks
paid up capital are outstanding. If
each bank should have only it's re-
CURED minimum paid up capital of
$4,000 this plan will provide eventu-
ally, if all the authorized bonds of
the twelve banks are sold, over $780,
100000 to lend on first mortgages On
farm land The banks, however, can
increase their capital stock above the
required minimum and so increase the
amount of bonds they can sell and thus
increase the total amount of money
available for loans on farm mortgages.
To make these bonds attractive to in
vestors the bonds, toGether with the
mortgages upon which they are based,
are exempted from federal. state, nu-
nicipal and local taxation and are
made legal investments for fduciary
and trust funds The capital stock of
the federal land banks is also exempt
from taxation. Fedora! reserve banks
and member banks of that system are
empowered to buy and sell these bonds
They are to be issued in denominations
Of $50, $50, 500, $500 and $1,000.
Organization Of Banks.
The temporary management Of the
federal land banks is to be in the
hands of five directors appointed by
the federal farm loan board. AS soon,
however, as the subscriptions from the
loan associations total 100000 regular
directors are to be appointed as fol-
lows: Three district directors, resident
liz the district, shall be appointed by
the federal farm loan board to repre-
sent the public interest. and six local
directors, resident in the district shall
be elected by the farm loan associa-
tons. who must be stockholders in the
bank. The federal farm loan board
shall designate one of it's appointees to
act as chairman. The act requires
that at least one of the three district
directors shall be experienced in farm
ing and actually engaged at the time
Of his appointment in farming opera
tons within the district Any COM
pensation paid to the directors must
be approved by the federal farm loaL
board
Each loan association must have a
board Of directors and a secretary
treasurer. The directors shall serve
without pay. The secretary-treasurer
, shall receive such compensation as
may be determined by the board Of di-
rectOrs. The association must appoint
an appraisal committee for the pur-
pose Of valuing lands offered as Sc
curity for loans. No member of such
| the property upon which he passes.
To provide funds for current eX-
penses the loan association may re-
tain as commission from each inter
est payment not to exceed One-eighth
Of l per cent semiannually upon the
, unpaid principal of the loan. This
commission is to be deducted from the
dividends payable to such farm loan
association by the federal land bank.
If the commissions are not adequate
and an association does not wish to
assess members for current expenses
it may borrow at 6 per cent from the
federal land bank to an amount not to
exceed in the aggregate one-fourth Of
its bank stock.
The law requires both the land
banks and the farm loan associations
to make provision for certain reserves
before they can pay any dividends.
IN sections where local conditions do
not make the formation of associations
practicable the farm loan board may
authorize the federal land bank to
make loans through agents approved
by the board. These agents are to be
banks. trust companies, mortgage COM
panies Or savings institutions chartered
by the state. They may receive as
compensation the actual expense in
volve6 in transacting the loan and in
addition thereto a sum not to exceed
one-half of 1 per cent per annum on
the unpaid principal of the loans made
through them. When the farm loan
board decides that a locality is ade
quately served by farm loan associa-
| tons no further loans are to be made
| through agents.
In addition to the system of twelve
federal land banks and the national
farm loan associations of borrowers
the act permits the establishment Of
joint stock land banks and authorizes
them to carry on the business Of lend
ing directly to borrowers on farm
mortgage security and issuing farm
loan bonds. These banks must have
capital Of not less than S250,OOO They
are under the supervision of the fed