Section, acts May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 1, 30 Stat. 409 ; Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1002, 32 Stat. 1028 ; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 387, § 1, 37 Stat. 512 ; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208 ; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144 ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946 , 11 F.R. 7876 , 60 Stat. 1100 ; Apr. 29, 1950, ch. 137, § 1, 64 Stat. 94 ; Aug. 3, 1955, ch. 496, § 1, 69 Stat. 444 , set forth provisions relating to applicability of homestead laws to Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 371 of Title 48 , Territories and Insular Possessions. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of Repeal Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a) , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2789 , provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976 . Savings Provision Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976 , see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579 , set out as a note under section 1701 of this title .