An Act to repeal the act of September 30, 1950, authorizing the transfer to the State of Iowa of Fort Des Moines, Iowa
PL 83-112 (H.R.4978), enacted 07/13/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 111-JULY 13. 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
July 13, 1953 
[H.R. 490] 
Public Law 111 
CHAPTER 187 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of the Sackets Harbor Military Cemetery for the burial of 
war and peacetime veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. 
N. Y 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Mfift^y*cemetery' Uf}'^^d States of AmeHoa in Congress assembled, That Sackets Harbor 
Military Cemetery, which was conveyed to the village of Sackets 
Harbor by the Secretary of the Army, under authority of the Act 
entitled "An Act to preserve historic graveyards in abandoned military 
E
osts", approved July 1, 1947, be used for the burial of persons who 
ave served in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
Approved July 13, 1953. 
61 Stat. 234. 
24 u s e 296. 
July 13, 1953 
[H. R 
Public Law 112 
CHAPTER 188 
AN ACT 
1£Z5]— To repeal the Act of September 30, 1950, authorizing the transfer to the State 
of Iowa of Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 
64 Stat. 1092. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act authorizing the transfer of Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to the 
State of Iowa", approved September 30,1950, is hereby repealed. 
Approved July 13, 1953. 
July 14, 1953 
[S.1082] 
Public Law 113 
CHAPTER 190 
AN ACT 
To appi'ove a conveyance made by the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the 
South Carolina State Ports Authority, of real property heretofore granted 
to said city of Charleston by the United States of America. 
Charleston, S. C. 
Approval of con-
veyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ho'ose of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the provision 
in the Act of Congress, approved May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. 1387), and 
in the deed made pursuant thereto by the United States of America 
to the city of Charleston, which prohibits the city of Charleston from 
transferring the title of the property conveyed thereunder shall not 
be deemed applicable to the conveyance of a portion of the said prop-
erty, made without consideration, by the city of Charleston, to the 
South Carolina State Ports Authority, an agency of the State of 
South Carolina. 
Approved July 14, 1953. 
[ulyl4, 1953 
[H. R. 1532] 
Public Law 114 
CHAPTER 191 
AN ACT 
To provide for the addition of certain Government lands to the Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area project, and for other purposes. 
C a p e 
Hatteras 
National Seashore 
Recreational Area. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled, That there is hereby 
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior without reimbursement 
or transfer of funds, administrative jurisdiction over an area of 
approximately twenty-one and eight-tenths acres of federally owned 
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land, formerly designated as the Naval Amphibious Training Station, 
together with any improvements thereon which may exist at the time 
of the transfer, situated on Ocracoke Island within the village of 
Ocracoke, County of Hyde, in the State of North Carolina. 
The 
property so transferred shall be administered by the Department of 
the Interior and shall become a part of the Cape Hatteras National 
Seashore Recreational Area, when established. 
Approved July 14, 1953. 
Public Law 115 
CHAPTER 192 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of April 6, 1949, to provide for additioiuil einergeftcy assistance 
to farmers and stocltmen, and for other purposes. 
July 14. 1953 
[H. R. 60541 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 2 of the 
Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 43), as amended, is hereby further 
amended as follows: 
(A) After the second sentence of subsection (a) add the following 
new subsections: 
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ECONOMIC DISASTER LOANS 
"(b) The Secretary is authorized in connection with any major dis-
aster determined by the President to w arrant assistance by the Federal 
Government under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress (42 U. S. C. 
1855), as amended, to make loans to established farmers and stockmen 
for any agricultural purpose in the area covered by the determination 
of the President, if the Secretary finds that an economic disaster has 
also caused a need for agricultural credit that cannot be met for a 
temporary period from commercial banks, cooperative lending agen-
cies, the Farmers' Home Administration under its regular loan pro-
grams, or other responsible sources. The loans shall be made at such 
rates of interest and on such general terms as the Secretary shall 
prescribe for such area. 
F ar mer s 
and 
stockmen. 
Loans. 
12 tree 1148a-2. 
64 Stat. 1109. 
SPECIAL LIVESTOCK LOANS 
"(c) For a period of two years from the effective date of this sub-
section loans for $2,500 or more may be made to established producers 
and feeders of cattle, sheep, and goats (not including operators of 
commercial feed lots) who liave a good record of operations, but are 
unable temporarily to get the credit they need from recognized lenders 
and have a reasonable chance of working out of their difficulties with 
supplementary financing. The loans may be made on such security 
as the borrower has available and for the time reasonably required by 
the needs of the borrower but not exceeding, in the first instance, a 
period of three years. The creditors of the applicant will not be asked 
to subordinate their indebtedness but must be willing to work with 
the borrower to the extent of executing standby agreements for such 
periods of time as is reasonably necessary to give the borrower a chance 
to substantially improve his situation. The loans shall bear interest 
at the rate of 5 per centum per amium and shall be made on such other 
terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe. The loans shall 
be subject to approval by a special committee appointed by the Sec-
retary to serve for the particular area as determined by the Secretary. 
Loans exceeding $50,000 shall also be approved by the Secretary. The 
committee shall consist of at least three members appointed by the 
Secretary from local persons having recognized knowledge of the live-
interest. 
L o c a l 
tees.