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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 383, 384 . 1929 . Levee d istrict of Arkan sas, wit hin the State of Arkansas, is hereby expressed and given. The laws of the State of Arkansas levying said special assessments and providing for the enforcement of such levy and the establishment of a lien and of all remedies pertaining thereto are exp ressly m ade appl icable t o the la nds desc ribed in this Act : Provided, That no levy, assessment, or collection of any special assessment shall attach or be applicable to any lands of the United States, nor per mit the collecti on of an y specia l assess ment for such tax from the United States Government, nor from any entryman or person as to any such lands until the date when the entryman or purchaser shall become entitled to a patent from the United States for such land. Such levy, special assessment, or tax shall not operate against the Government of the United States, and shall only operate and take effect and be in force when and if the equitable title to any particular tract of land involved shall have passed from the United States to such entryman or purchaser, and such entryman or pur- chaser shall have become entitled to patent therefor. SEC. 2. That all the Acts, levies, assessments, and proceedings in substan tial acc ordance with the laws of Arkansa s, and a ll levie s and assessments of benefits against lands, the equitable title to which had passed as provided in section 1 of this Act, are hereby cured and confirm ed, and the same shall n ot be se t aside, vacated, or ann ulled by any court for want of jurisdiction or any irregularity in the proceedings based upon the want of authority now conferred by this Act. SEC. 3. That this Act shall be available to the Saint Francis Levee district of Arkansas, and to any drainage district within the bounda- ries of the Saint Francis Levee distr ict h eretof ore o r her eafter created, as expressing the consent of the Government to the special assessments fixed subst antially in accordance wit h the laws of Ark an sas and th is Act. SEC. 4. That in all cases where there has been a foreclosure of the liens o f any im provemen t distri ct and s aid land s have b een purc hased by the said districts, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon proof of such sale and purchase and upon the payment of the sum of $5 per acre, together with the usual fees and commissions ch ar ged entry of la nds under the homestead laws, where such payment has not heretofore been made, to execute to said district or districts a patent to said lands ; and in all cases of future foreclosures and purchases by said districts it shall be the dut y of the Com miss ione r of the Gen eral Lan d Of fice , up on the payment ofa like sum and proof of the foreclosure and purchase by the sai d distri cts, to execute to them patents for the lands so pur- chased upon the expiration of the period of redemption in the areas in Mis sissippi and Poi nsett Co unties d escribed in the Act of J anuary 17, 1920. SEC. 5 . If any portion of this Act be held unc onstituti onal, su ch decision shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Act. SEC. 6. This Act shall repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith and shall take effect forthwith. Approved, Feb rua ry 28, 1929 . CHAP. 384 .-An Act Amending the Act approved May 4, 1926, providing for the construction and maintenance of bathing pools or beaches in the District of Columbia. Be it en act ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Co ngre ss a sse mble d, That the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment of artificial bathing pools or beac hes in the D istr ict of C olum bia, " ap prov ed May 4, 19 26 1411 Sta te laws applica- ble. Proviso. Not ap pli cab le to Government lands, etc. Acts, etc ., in accord. an ce with Arkansas laws, confirmed, etc. Consent of the Gov- ernment to the special asse ssme nts f ixed by State laws and this Act. Lands purchased by districts under fore- closure of liens, to be patented thereto on payment foe, etc. Similar action for lands in Mis sis si ppi and Poinsett Counties on exempt ion of re- demption periods . Vol.41,p.392. Invalidity of any por- tion not to affect re- mainder of Act. Effective forthwith and conflicting laws repealed. February 28, 1929. [H. R.5758.] [Public, No. 861 .] District of Columbia. Bathing pools

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