§ 17:1759 — Applications for loans; interest; maximum loan

Each parish school loan fund committee shall receive applications for loans, grant or refuse the same to high-school graduates residing within the parish where the committee is domiciled, regulate the rate of interest which shall not exceed four per centum per annum on loans granted, provide for the repayment of all sums loaned, and in general to do and perform all duties in compliance with this Sub-part. No individual shall be permitted in any year of twelve months to borrow a sum in excess of four hundred dollars.