Sec. 1. No contract, agreement or lease in writing or by parol, by which any lands or tenements therein are demised or leased by any noncitizen or his agents for the pu.
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Sec. 1. No contract, agreement or lease in writing or by parol, by which any lands or tenements therein are demised or leased by any noncitizen or his agents for the purpose of farming, cultivation or the raising of crops thereon, shall contain any provision requiring the tenant or other person for him, to pay taxes on said lands or tenements, or any part thereof, and all such provisions, agreements and leases so made are declared void as to the taxes aforesaid. If any noncitizen landlord or his agents shall receive in advance or at any other time any sum of money or article of value from any tenant in lieu of such taxes, directly or indirectly, the same may be recovered back by such tenant before any court having jurisdiction of the amount thereof, and all provisions or agreements in writing or otherwise to pay such taxes shall be held in all courts of this state to be void.