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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 40, 41. 1921. 107 ernment, or their successor or successors, shall have res ectivel F*”°*¥· °“’··*mP°""’ confirmed to_the United States of America. all fines, forfeitirges, pen}; ggniligigf Smeg be alties, and seizures imposed or made by the United States of America during the war, whet er in respect to the property of the Im rial German Govemment or German nationals or the Imperial and Ebyal Austro—Hungarian Govemment or Austro·Hungarian nationals, and rwunm-y claimsbe shall have waived any and all pecuniary claims against the United ‘”°"°°‘ States of America. L t as M Sec. 6. Nothin? herein contained shall be construed to repeal, Cdrysstgiing Si-mule modify or amen the Cpgrovisions of the joint resolution " declaring “°° °"'°'· that certain Acts of ngress, joint resolutions and proclamations V°‘·“·¥’·”‘5°· shall be construuegldag if the wear had ended and thehpresent or existing P t t I emergency exp`, approv 3, 1921, or the p ort contro _ f°° 'f’- glrovisions of an Act entitled "An act making appropriilzibns for the Vzlsmp lm `plomatio and consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922," approved March 2, 1921; nor to be effective to terminate the military status of an person now in desertion from the military or $¤¤¤== °*¤¤¤¢¤¤¤- naval service of the United States, nor to terminate the liability to prosecution and punishment under the Selective Service law, a}p— ,,&*}*§§,§‘§,,",ii proved May 18, 1917, of any person who failed to comply with the vig,¤°1{jg· 76 provisions of said Act, or of Acts amendatory thereof. ’p' ° Approved, July 2, 1921. CHAP. 41.-An ct For the relief of settlers and entrymen on Baca Float Num- Jul 5» mL bered rims, in uisjsaw et Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 1y' the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where, prior _,§,_’“ m°“ N°‘ 3* to December 13, 1917, patents or patent certificates have issued under the homestead laws or Bpreemlption laws for land within the ¤uam,ml»i°¥sa¤¤z¢w1¤• limits of a tract known as aca oat Niunbered Three, in the “‘°°'°° “"°"°“‘· State of Arizona, and the patentees, their· assigns, and legal representatives have been evicted by the local courts by reason of the plrior grant to the legal representative of LuisMaria Baca, the patentee, s assigns or his legal representative, who under the laws and regulations would have been entitled to the return of the purchase money, fees, and commissions, shall be entitled to select in lieu thereof not exceeding twice the area of the lands lost, of any nonmineral unoccupied surveyed public lands in the State of Arizona subject to homestead entr. Sgt:. 2. That where any person had made homestead entry for mg,°“§f,g°§§ ,,$"‘§§Z land within Baca Float umbered Three, and had fully complied ggmafgbmégg with the homestead laws thereon as to residence and cultivation gmc, mayy Sars prior to June 22, 1914, in the bona fide belief that the land was *§‘,§;' °'""°° Eublic land, and has been evicted therefrom orliprevented from making nal entry by reason of the prior {ant, said homestead entrivman, or, in the case of his or her death, the successor to the right o entry under the homestead laws shall be permitted to makesecond homestead entry for other land situate in the State of Arizona and not exceeding twice the area of the original homestead entry lost as herein set forth, subject to the conditions, lrmrtations, an benehts of the homestead laws applicable to such land; and upon sub- w_,§gg;¤;*·,$1$ti1;gig;¤;,g mission of proof under his original entry that he had fully complied ·1¤¤¤¤,m. with the law as to residence and cultivation, shall on approval of such proof and payment at the office of second entry for the final fees and commissions due on a Enal entry for the land entered, receive a final certificate and patent without further residence and cultivation of the land embraced m the second entry.