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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 256 , 258 -OCT. 5, 14 , 1943 [CHAPTER 256] AN ACT [57 STAT. OSto. 1s To amend an Act entitled "An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes [Public Law 157] and assessments, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1938. District of Colum- bia. Real estate taxes. 52 Stat. 1202. D. C. Code 47-603. Notices to record owners. 52 Stat. 1199. D.C.CodeI47- 1103. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1938, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 12 . Annually and subsequent to July 1, the assessor of the District of Columbia shall mail to the record owner of each lot or parcel of land upon which a real estate tax has been levied by the District of Columbia as of July 1 of the same year, a notice of the amount of such real estate tax, and of the manner in which the amount of such real estate tax is payable according to law; and such notice shall state whether there were any delinquent real estate taxes unpaid on July 1 of the year in which such notice is sent: Provided,That if the address of the owner be unknown, such notice shall be mailed to his agent, if known; and if there be more than one record owner of any lot or parcel, notice mailed to one of the owners shall be deemed compliance with this section: Providedfurther, That nothing in this section shall affect in any way the provisions of section 3 of this Act: Provided further, That failure of the property owner or his agent to receive such notice shall not relieve the property owner of the payment of any penalty or interest as required by law for the delinquent payment of real estate taxes." Approved October 5, 1943. [CHAPTER 258] October 14, 1943 [S. 755] [Public Law 158] National Hlousing Act, armendments. 48 Stat. 1249. 12 S. C. ., Supp. II, I 1710 (a). 54 Stat. 1182; 56 Stat. 773. 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. 5S532, 536 . 48 Stat. 1248. 12U.S.C.§1709; Supp. II, § 1709. Pst, p. 571. 55 Stat. 58 . 12 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 1739 (a). AN ACT To amend the National Housing Act, as now or hereafter amended, so as to give protection to persons in military service, and their dependents, as to certain mortgages. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sen- tence of section 204 (a) of the National Housing Act, as now or here- after amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: "And provided fur- ther, That with respect to mortgages to which the provisions of sec- tions 302 and 306 of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as now or hereafter amended, apply and which are insured under section 203 of the National Housing Act, as now or hereafter amended, and subject to such regulations and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe, there shall be included in the debentures an amount which the Administrator finds to be sufficient to compensate the mort- gagee for any loss which it may have sustained on account of interest on debentures and the payment of insurance premiums by reason of its having postponed the institution of foreclosure proceedings or the acquisition of the property by other means during any part or all of the period of such military service and three months thereafter." SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 604 (a) of the National Hous- ing Act, as now or hereafter amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: "And provided further, That with respect to mortgages to which the 570