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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 723-72--DEC. 23, 1944 SEC. 2 . That all the construction and use provided for herein shall be under such regulations and rentals as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may make and establish in connection therewith and all plans and specifications for such construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have full authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of said tunnel as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, its successors or assigns. The Standard Oil Company and any person, firm, or corporation using such tunnel shall save harmless, indemnify and keep indemnified the District of Columbia from any and all injury, cost, loss, or damage to said District by reason of the construction, maintenance, and use of said tunnel. Any repairs to streets, highways, or other public property necessi- tated by construction or alterations of said tunnel shall be made in a manner satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at the expense of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. SEC. 3 . That no permission granted or enjoyed hereunder shall vest any title or interest in or to the land within South Capitol Street. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved December 23, 1944. ICHAPTER 724] AN ACT To amend section 119 of the Judicial Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 119 of the Judicial Code (U. S . C., title 28, sec. 215) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this section, the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a judicial circuit." Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 725] AN ACT To amend section 502 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 502 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (Public Law 425, Seventy-eighth Congress) is amended to read as follows: "SEw. 502. (a) Section 4 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C. 901-914), is amended to read as follows: "'SEc. 4. The Administrator is authorized and empowered, from the sums hereinbefore authorized, to make loans to persons, corpora- tions, States, Territories, and subdivisions and agencies thereof, municipalities, peoples' utility districts and cooperative, nonprofit, or limited-dividend associations organized under the laws of any State or Territory of the United States, for the purpose of financing the con- struction and operation of generating plants, electric transmission and distribution lines or systems for the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service, and loans, from funds available under the provisions of sections 3 (d) and 3 (e) but without regard to the 10 per centum limitation therein con- tained, to cooperative associations for the purpose of enabling said 925 Regulations, rentals, etc. Location and re- pairs. Indemnification. Repairs to public property. Property rights. December 22,1944 [H. R. 55181 [Public Law 562] Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 1131 . December 23, 1944 [I. R. 6661 [Public Law 663] Department of Agri. culture Organic Act of 1944, amendment. Ante, p. 739. 49 Stat. 1365. 7 U.S. C. §904. Loans for electrical plants, etc. Loans for discharg- ing or refinancing debts owed TVA. 49 Stat. 1364. 7U.S.C.j903 (d), (e). Ante, p. 739.