An Act to authorize the improvement of the Amite River and its tributaries.
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ified in this title (including those made in accordance with the Act 
of October 19, 1949) and to take as security for the obligations entered 
into in connection with such loans first mortgages on the farms with 
respect to which such loans are made and such other security as may 
be required by the Secretary. 
Such mortgages shall create a lien 
running to the United States for the benefit of the fund, notwith-
standing the fact that the note may be held by the lender or his 
assignee. 
"(b) Loans insured under this section shall be subject to all the 
provisions of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section, 
and with respect to such loans, the terms used in this Act shall have 
the following meanings as the context requires: 
"(1) 'Mortgage' shall mean 'loan' or 'the instruments relating to 
a loan'; 
"(2) 'Insured mortgage' shall mean 'note endorsed for insurance'; 
"(3) 'Mortgagor' shall mean 'borrower' or 'obligor on the note'; 
"(4) 'Mortgagee' shall mean 'lender' or 'holder of insured note'. 
"(c) Any mortgage insured or any loan made under this Act may 
be converted to an insured loan under this section at the discretion 
of the Secretary, and any expenses in connection with such conversion 
may be paid out of appropriations for administrative expenses. 
"(d) In connection with loans insured or converted under this 
section (1) the holder of the insured note shall be entitled to receive 
the benefits of the insurance as provided in section 13 (a) only in 
accordance with an agreement pursuant to section 12 (j) or when 
the assignment of the note is required by the Secretary, and (2) 
notice of default to the lender under section 12 (f) shall not be 
required." 
SEC. 2. Section 12 (f) 
(1) is amended by striking the word 
"promptly" in both the first and second sentences, by inserting after 
the word "default" in the second sentence the words "in the payment 
of principal or interest," and by striking the word "it" in the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the word "him". 
SEC. 3. Section 12 (f) 
(2) is amended by striking the word 
"promptly". 
SEC. 4. Section 13 (a) is amended by striking the words "section 
12" in the first sentence, inserting in lieu thereof the words "this 
title", and by inserting the words "in the payment of principal or 
interest" after the word "default" where it first appears in the first 
sentence. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
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Public Law 274 
CHAPTER 634 
AN ACT 
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To authorize the improvement of the Amite River and its tributaries. 
Flood control. 
Amite River, La. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseTnoled^ That improvements 
in the interest of flood control and drainage be undertaken in the 
Amite River, Bayou Manchac, and the Comite River, such work to 
be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and 
the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, substantially in accordance 
with a survey report entitled "Survey Report of Amite River and 
Tributaries La.", of the district engineer. Corps of Engineers, New 
Orleans District, dated June 8, 1955, ajiproved by the division engi-
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neer, Corps of Engineers, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, and 
submitted to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors on July 
5, 1955, at an estimated first cost to the United States of $3,008,000: 
Provided, 
That local interests comply with the provisions in the 
district engineer's recommendations, including contribution of 24.7 
per centum of actual construction cost in cash or equivalent work as 
approved by the Chief of Engineers, for Amite River and Bayou 
Manchac, presently estimated at $892,000, and 18.6 per centum of 
actual construction cost in cash or equivalent work, as approved by 
the Chief of Engineers, for Comite River, presently estimated at 
$67,000. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 275 
CHAPTER 635 
AN ACT 
To authorize the construction within Grand Teton National Park of an alternate 
route to U. S. Highway 89, also numbered U. S. 187 and U. S. 26, and the 
conveyance thereof to the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed, That in order to 
facilitate public use and enjoyment of the Grand Teton National Park 
and to make possible an appropriate relocation and use of highw^ays 
through the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to con-
struct within the park, upon a location to be agreed upon between 
the Secretary and the Governor of Wyoming, a h i g h w ^ which shall 
replace the present U. S. Highway 89, also numbered U. S. 187 and 
U. S. 26. Upon completion of the said highway, the Secretary is 
authorized to enter into an agreement with the State of Wyoming, 
upon such terms and conditions as he deems in the interest of the 
United States, for the conveyance of the highway to the State in 
exchange for State and county roads in the park area. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
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Grand Teton Na-
tional Patk. 
Highway. 
Public Law 276 
CHAPTER 636 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Pueblos of San Lorenzo and Pojoaque in New Mexico to sell 
certain lands to the Navaho Tribe, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pueblo of 
San Ijorenzo, sometimes known as the Pueblo of Picuris, and the 
Pueblo of Pojoaque in New Mexico are hereby severally authorized 
to sell to the Navaho Tribe of Indians all of the right, title, and inter-
est of each of said Pueblos in and to any of the lands situated in town-
ships, 6, 7, and 8 north, range 15 west, and township 7 north, range 
16 west. New Mexico principal meridian, in Valencia County, New 
Mexico, the title to which is now held by the United States in trust 
for either of said Pueblos; and the Navaho Tribe is hereby authorized 
to purchase all of the right, title, and interest of said Pueblos in and 
to any of the above-described lands, w^iereupon the title to the lands 
so purchased shall be held by the United States in trust for the 
Navaho Tribe. All sales under this section shall be for such prices 
and on such terms as may be agreed upon by the governing bodies of 
the Pueblo making the sale and of the Navaho Tribe, and as may 
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Pueblo Indians. 
S a l e of land to 
Navaho Tribe.