Section 17
SEC. 17. Section twenty-five of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 25. Any commercial bank may purchase, hold, and convey real estate for the following purposes: "(a) Such as shall be necessary for its immediate accommodation in the transaction of its business: Provided, however, That the total investment in such real estate and improvements thereof, including bank equipment, shall not exceed fifty per cent (50$) of net worth: Provided, further, That real estate used for the bank's purposes, owned by another corporation in which the bank owns equity, shall be considered as part of the bank's total investment in real estate; "(b) Such as shall be mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security for debts; "(c) Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings; "(d) Such as it shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees, mortgages, or trust deeds held by it and such as it shall purchase to secure debts due to it. "But no such bank shall hold the possession of any real estate under mortgage or trust deed, or the title and possession of any real estate purchased to secure any debt due to it, for a longer period than five years."