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PUBLIC LAW 258-AUG. 13, 1953

M o r t g a g e contracts.

Veterans* prefei* ence.

Establishment of farm units.

Repeal.

43 USC

4 2 3 g, 610.

423-

43 USC 3 7 1.

Appropriations.

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of this section to a resident owner of private lands as provided in section 2 of this Act, the Secretary may waive, in whole or in part, the provisions of clause (iii) of subsection (b) of that section. SEC. 7. Any exchange pursuant to this Act of land that is subject to a mortgage contract with the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of October 19, 1949 (63 Stat. 883; 7 U.S.C. 1946 edition, sees. 1006a and 1006b), and any disposition pursuant to this Act of property that is subject to such a mortgage contract, shall be effected only in such form and manner and upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over such mortgage contract and such property under the Bankhead-Jones F a r m Tenant Act (50 Stat. 522; 7 U.S.C. sec. 1000 et seq.), as amended, as supplemented by said Act of October 19, 1949. SEC. 8. Where there are two or more timely applicants for a farm unit on a particular project or division thereof under the provisions of this Act, one or more of whom is an ex-serviceman who would be entitled under the applicable statutes to a preference in making entry of farm units on such project or division, the ex-serviceman, or one of them, shall have a preference in making such exchange. Any timely applicant for an exchange under the provisions of this Act shall he entitled to preference over any other applicant for a farm unit on the same project or division thereof. SEC. 9. I n administering section 3 of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388; 43 U.S.C. 434), sections 1 and 5 of the Act of June 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 519; 43 U.S.C. 434, 448), as amended, and section 3 of the Act of August 9, 1912 (37 Stat. 265, 266; 43 U.S.C. 544), the Secretary may, to the extent found necessary as shown by a land classification to provide farm units sufficient in size to support a family, establish such units of not more than three hundred and twenty acres containing not more than one hundred and sixty irrigable acres designated by him and may permit entry and assignment under the homestead laws, and retention and assignment under the desert land laws, of such units. The lands included in farm units established pursuant to the authority of this section and entered under the homestead laws may be contiguous or noncontiguous. SEC. 10. Subsection M of section 4 of the Act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 672; 43 IT. S. C, sec. 438), is hereby repealed. Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to repeal, supersede, or supplement the provisions for exchange and matters related thereto contained in the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), as amended and supplemented. SEC. 11. As used in this Act, the term "Federal irrigation project" means any irrigation project subject to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), to which laws this Act itself shall be deemed a supplement. SEC. 12. The Secretary may perform any and all acts and make all rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 13. Appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for carrying on the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for credits, expenses, charges, and costs provided by or incurred under this Act. Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this Act, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation laws. Approved August 13, 1953.

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