§1508. Application to District of Columbia

Aliens shall have the same rights and privileges concerning the acquisition, holding, owning, and disposition of real estate in the District of Columbia as are conferred upon aliens in respect of real estate in the Territories of the United States by this chapter.

(Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, §1, 33 Stat. 733 .)

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 78 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, 24 Stat. 476 , which comprises this chapter.

Section is also set out as section 45–1301 of the District of Columbia Code.

Repeals

Section 2 of act Feb. 23, 1905, repealed all laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the provisions of this section.

Cross References

Judicial proceedings for declaration of nationality in event of denial of rights, see section 1503 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.