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 sixrr-srxrn coimsnss. sm. II. cs. 47. 1920, 393 legal subdivision of such lands shall be furnished to the register and receiver of the United States land office of the district in which the lands afiected are situated as soon as said charges would become a lien if the lands were held in private ownership. Size. 3. That all charges lega.lly assessed pursuant to the drainage ,hE,‘Q§§'°°’“°“° °‘ laws of the State of Ar ansas by a drainage district against any unentered public lands, or against any lands embraced in unpatented entries, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall be a lien upon said lands, which may be enforced by sale in the same manner an subject to the same conditions, except as hereinafter set forth, under which said charges shall be enforced against lands held in private ownership; Cmmm { and whenever any of said lands shall be sold for nonpayment of suc caps smmzrneg, et'; charges, inclusive of lands bid in for a drainage district, a statement *°* ¤¤¤P¤Y¤¤•¤*· showing the name of the purchaser, the dprice at which each legal subdivision was sold, the amount assesse against it, together with penalties and interest, if an i, and the cost of thesale, and the amount of excess, if any, over and above all lawful assessment charges and the cost of sale, shall be ozliicially certified to the register and receiver of the United States land office of the district in which the lands are situated N H immediately after the completion of such sale, but nothing in this U,,;‘{.d S‘§,l’tl,l,",{,,,,2.' Act shall be construed as creating any obligation on the United '°'· States to priagr any of said charges. _ Sec. 4. at all moneys received from the sale of entered or “Q§gS°;{’gg‘;gxg$§°gf unentered lands subject to the operation of this Act which shall be emimtotne Treasury. in excess of assessments due thereon, together with penalties and . interest and the costs of the sales, shall be paid by the prot§ county officer to the receiver of the United States land omce of district in which the lands are situated, and such excess moneys shall be covered into the United States Treasury as proceeds from the sales ofgubliclgids. hm da af h, al f U t Bums no.5. at at any time wif ninet ys tertes eo §°“°' · unentered public lands and at any time witdiin ninety da s after the 1:ii¤fi°¤i1:$°mIf$r.°h°s°r expiration of the period of redemption provided for in the drainage laws under which the lands are sold, no redemption having been made, after the sale of lands embraced within unpatented entries, the purchaser at such sale, a drainage district being herein expressly excepted from the operation of this provision, shall, upon the filing of an awication therefor and an afii avit containin proof of necessary qu `fications with the register and receiver of the United States land ohice, and upon payment to the receiver of the price of $5 per F°°“·°‘°~·°°"° ¥’“‘°· acre, together wit the usualfees and commissions charged in entry of lands under the homestead laws, be entitled to receive a patent: Provided, That such purchaser shall have the ualifications required {{,°§,Q?g,d mm,. in making entry of lands under the homesteatd laws, and any such ¤¤¤¤· purchase shall exhaust any further homestead ht of the purchaser to the extent of the amount of lands thus purldgased by him. Not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such lands shall be sold and patented to an one purchaser under the provisions of this Act. Dams, mlm This limitation shad not agpply to lands subject to the operation of mores. this Act which may be bi in for a drainage district, but no patent shall be issued to a drainage district or to any one bidding in said _ lands for a drainage district. The proceeds derived by the GOVGHI- D°p°“° °’ p'°°°°°" ment shall be covered into the United States Treasuxéy and applied as prmggdgd gy law for the disposal of the proceeds rom the sale of pu c an s. _ _ _ SEG-_ 6. That unless the purchaser shall, within the time S%0iiiGd niiiaekigsgmdigwg in section 5 of this Act, file with the register and receiver of the nitod ,,”;,§2,,§‘_““‘“‘ ‘P‘ States land office an application for a patent, together with the required afiidavit, and make payment of the purchase price, fees, and commissions as provided in said section 5, any person having the sgeualifications of an entryman under the homestead laws may an 44281°-—2l~———27