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 448 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 20. 1918. §‘_§b*§§g§,°t‘;d*§°de,md, Sec. 501. 'llhat no right to any public lands initiated or acquired em, pv r¤¤s¤¤ of sm- prror to entering mrlrtary service by_any person under the homestead ‘°°’° °` laws, the desert-land laws, the mr -1and laws, or any other laws of the United States, shall be forfeiltldilor prejudiced by reason of his absence from such land, or of his failure to perform any work or make F mw ts t any improvements thereon, or to do any other act required by any impgfrnsgl °° °° such law during the period of such service. Nothing rn this section contained shall be construed to deprive a person in military service H0m_,SmdS_ or his heirs or devisees of any benefits to which he or they may be AM. r>·248- entitled under the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of homestead entrymen or settlers who enter the militarjy or naval service of the Dew., ,m,dS_ United States in time of war," approved uly twenty-eighth, nine- AM. 1)-250- teen hundred and seventeen; the Act entitled "An Act for the protection of desert—la.nd entrymen who enter the military or naval Imgmm service of the United States in time of war," approved August A¤¢¢,r>.m. seventh, nineteen hundred and seventeen; the Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural _ products/’ approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen; &°2.'i}§’§p_243,3i;_ the joint reso ution "To relieve the owners of mining claims who have been mustered into the military or naval service of the United States as officers or enlisted men from performing assessment work A"°"p‘°°°‘ d the term of such service," approved July seventeenth, nine- _ teen hundred and seventeen; or any other Act or resolution of €§?.,§{{,,,, of mm Congress: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall be "**“°i¤“"*°°- construed to limit or affect the right of a person in the military service to take any action during  term of service that may be authorized l;y law, or the regulations of the Interior Department _ thereunder,_ or the perfection, defense, or further assertion of hts b,_,A,Q{Q_‘§,“,'Q’,,y§,‘§·;,,§’,‘;’; initiated prior to the date of entering military service, and itnsliall ¤¤*<>¤d· be lawful for any person while in military service to make any affidavit or submit argy proof that may be required by law, or the practice of the Gener and Office in connection with the entry, perfection, defense, or further assertion of any rights initiated prior to entering military service, before the officer in immediate command and ho ding a commission in the branch of the service in which the party is engaged, which affidavits shall be as binding in law and with Lke (pgifgltres as if taken before the Register of the United States an ce. Anrrcu: VI. ¤a.E°iY°m“t”t"° "’m` anmrmsraarrvs nnmznms,, V r..&¥;‘§I° .EL%“'$.';.;€ sm. acc. That Wham in my proceeding to enforce a ea-ii right in ‘““°"· any court it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that any interest, property, or contract has since the date of the approval of this Act een transferred or acquired with intent to delay the just enforcement of such right by taking advantage of this Act, the court shall enter such judgment or make such order as might lawfully be eptergd or made the provisions of this Act to the contrary notwith- . _ s an g. ic§m`B°`°t°°”’°t°°°”` _ Sec. 601. (1) That in any proceeding under this Act a certificate Amy- signed by_ The Adjutant General of the Army as to persons in the YM d M _ Army or rn any branch of the United States service while servin C,;,pS_y fm mm gursuant to law with the Army, signed by the Chief of the Bureau o§ avigatiou of the Navy Department as to persons in the Navy or in any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to aw with the i\ avy, and signed by the Maj or General, Commandant, Lnrted States Marine Corps, as to persons in the Marine Corps, or in any other branch of the Lnrted States service while serving pursuant