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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II . CHs. 476, 477. 1930 .

581 CHAP . 476.-An Act To admit to the United States Chinese wives of certain

June 13,1930. [S. 2836.] American citizens . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (c) of section 13 of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 1924, as amended, is amended by striking out "or" before "(3) ," and by inserting after "section 3" the following : "or (4) is the Chinese wife of an American citizen who was married prior to the approval of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 1924 ." Approved, June 13, 1930 . CHAP . 477 .-An Act To am end the Act e ntitle d "An Act to p ermit taxa- tion of lands of homestead and desert-land entrymen under the Reclamation Act," approved April 21, 1928, so as to include ceded lands under Indian irriga- t ion proj ects . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act en titled "An Act to p ermit taxa tion of l ands of ho mestead an d desert-land entrymen under the Reclamation Act," approved April 21, 1928, is amended to read as follows : "That the lands of any homestead entryman under the Act of June 17, 1902, known as the Reclamation Act, or any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and the lands of any entryman on ceded Indian lands within any Indian irrigation project, may, after satisfactory proof of resi- dence, improvement, a nd cultivation, and acceptance of such proof by the General Land Office, be taxed by the State or political sub- division thereof in which such lands are located in the same manner and to the same extent as lands of a like character held under private ownership may be taxed . "SEC . 2 . The lands of any desert-land entryman located within an irrigation project constructed under the Reclamation Act and obtaining a water supply from such project, and for whose land water has been actual ly available for a period of four years, may likewise be taxed by the State or political subdivision thereof in which such lands are located . " SEc. 3 . All such taxes legally assessed shall be a lien upon the lands and may be enforced upon said lands by the sale thereof in the same manner and under the same proceeding whereby said taxes are enforced against lands held under private ownership ; but the title or interest which the State or political subdivision thereof may convey by tax sale, tax deed, or as a result of any tax proceeding shall be subject to a prior lien reserved to the United States for all due and unpaid installments on the appraised purchase price of such lands and for all the unpaid charges authorized by law whether accrued or otherwise . The holder of such tax deed or tax title resulting from such tax shall be entitled to all the rights and privi- leges in the land of an assignee of such entryman on ceded Indian lands or of an assignee under the provisions of the Act of June 23, 1910, as amended, or of any such entries in a Federal reclamation project constructed under said Act of June 17, 1902, as supplemented or amended . "SEC . 4 . If the lands of any such entryman shall at any time revert to the United States for any reason whatever, all such liens or tax titles resulting from assessments levied after the date of this amendatory Act upon such lands in favor of the State or political subdivision thereof wherein the lands are located, shall be and shall [Public, No . 348 .] Immigration Act of 19 24, am end ment . Vol.43, p . 162, amend- ed. Chinese wives of cer- tain American citizens admitted. June 13, 1930 .

(S .4318 .1 [Public, No . 349.] Reclamation Act . Vol . 45, p. 439, amend- ed. U. S. C., Supp . IV, p.585 . Lands of homestead entr ymen under, etc ., subject to State, etc ., ta xat ion . Dese rt-lan d entry . men ieceiviug wa6er from irrigation project, subject to tax. Enforcement of as- sessed taxes . Tax sale, etc ., title , subject to prior lien for unpaid purchase price, et c. Holder's rights . Vol . 36, p. 592. Tax titles extin- guished if land reverts to United States .