An Act to amend the act of April 6, 1949, as amended, and the act of August 31, 1954, so as to provide that the rate of interest on certain loans made under such acts shall not exceed 3 per centum per annum.
PL 84-132 (S.1755), enacted 07/07/1955

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SEC. 12. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ-
ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated 
and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. p . 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control 
of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change 
the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration or inter-
changeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the 
District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
"Official purposes" 
shall not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or 
in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties 
makes such transportation necessary, but only as to such latter cases 
when the same is approved by the Commissioners. No motor vehicles 
shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other 
branch of the government of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 13. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Highways and the Department of Sanitary Engineering shall be 
available for snow and ice control work when ordered by the Com-
missioners in writing. 
SEC. 14. The Commissioners are authorized to establish a working 
fund without fiscal-year limitation for the purpose of printing, dupli-
cating, and photographing; and the unexpended balances in the mis-
cellaneous trust fund accounts "Operating Account, Printing" and 
"Operating Account, Blueprinting" shall be deposited to said work-
ing fund; and the fund shall be reimbursed for all services performed 
tliereunder. 
SEC. 15. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appro-
priation Act, 1956." 
Approved July 5, 1955. 
P a s s 
h i d e s . e n ger ve-
60 Stat. 810. 
Snow removal. 
Printing, photo-
graphing, etc. 
Short title. 
Public Law 132 
CHAPTER 278 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended, and the Act of August 31, 1954, 
so as to provide that the rate of interest on certain loans made under such Acts 
shall not exceed 3 per centum per annum. 
July 7, 1955 
[S. 1755] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congr-ess assembled^ That subsection (a) 
of section 2 of the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 43; 
12 U. S. C , sec. 1148a-2 (a)), is amended by striking out the last 
sentence of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Such loans shall be made at such rate of interest, not to exceed 3 per 
centum per annum, and on such general terms and conditions as the 
Secretary shall prescribe for such area or region.". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act of April 6, 1949, as 
amended (12 U. S. C, sec. 1148a-2 (b)), is amended by striking out 
the last sentence of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "Such loans shall be made at such rate of interest, not to 
exceed 3 per centum per annum, and on such general terms as the 
Secretary shall prescribe for such area.". 
SEO. 3. Clause (4) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to pro-
vide emergency credit", approved August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 999), is 
amended to read as follows: %e made at such rate of interest, not to 
exceed 3 per centum per annum, and on such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary shall prescribe for such area or areas; and". 
Approved July 7, 1955. 
Agriculture. 
Disaster 
loans, 
interest. 
67 Stat. 149. 
Emergency loans. 
12 u s e 
1148a-l 
note.