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Wives of soldiers and sailors, Economy Act, section 213---- 272 166 OPINIONS OF HON. WILLIAM D. MITCHELL, OF MINNESOTA APPOINTED MARCH 4, 1929 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 2 OF THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION ACT Loans made pursuant to section 2 of the Act creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (47 Stat. 5), should not be made in the name of the Secretary of Agriculture, but may be made either in the name of "the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of Agriculture" or in the name of "the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, acting through the Secretary of Agriculture" or in the name of "the Secretary of Agriculture, acting pursuant to section 2 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act," as may be most convenient for administrative reasons to be determined after consultation with the officers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Funds collected by the Secretary of Agriculture from loans made under the provisions of section 2 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, and any unexpended balance of funds allocated to the Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of section 2 of said Act, should be returned to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or disposed of as the Corporation may direct. The Secretary of Agriculture has authority to appoint and fix compensation of persons employed by him in carrying out the provisions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, without regard to other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States, provided such persons are not otherwise employed in the service of the United States. In using such part of the funds allocated to him under the provisions of section 2 of the Act, supra, as may be necessary for the payment of personnel and for defraying all other expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of said section 2, the Secretary of Agriculture is not subject to the restrictions imposed by statute upon the expenditure and disbursement of funds belonging to the United States. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 28, 1932, wherein you refer to section 2 of NOTE. The publication of this opinion was delayed. 1 the Act of January 22, 1932 (Public, No. 2), creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Joint Resolution H. J. 230, making an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of that Act, and in connection therewith request my opinion upon the following questions: "1. As to whether loans from the funds allocated to the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of section 2 of the Act creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, should be made by the Secretary of Agriculture (a) solely in the name of the Secretary of Agriculture, or (b) by the Secretary of Agriculture in the name of the United States. "2. What disposition should be made of funds collected by the Secretary of Agriculture from loans made under the provisions of section 2 of the Act, and also of any unexpended balance of funds allocated to the Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of section 2 of said Act; that is, should such funds be paid into the Treasury of the United States, or to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? "3. Under the terms of said Act, has the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to appoint and fix the compensation of the personnel and to use such part as may be necessary of the funds allocated to him under the provisions of section 2 of the Act for the payment of personnel and for defraying all other expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of section 2 of said Act, without reference to any restrictions of law outside of those contained in the Act creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?" Section 1 of the Act (47 Stat. 5), creates a body corporate to be known as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Section 2 provides as follows: "The corporation shall have capital stock of $500,000,000, subscribed by the United States of America, payment for which shall be subject to call in whole or in part by the board of directors of the corporation. "There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500,000,000, for the purpose of making payments upon such subscription when called: Provided, That $50,000,000 of the amount so subscribed, and the expansion of same through the notes, debentures, bonds, or other obligations as set out in section 9 shall be allocated and made available to |