This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes, and no irregularity or defect not affecting the substantial rights of any person shall operate to invalidate or impair the whole or any part of this act. An exchange of lands between the state of Kansas and the state of Missouri is imminent, and it is the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to make provision whereby property, rights and obligations relating to lands forming a drainage district or levee district under Missouri law shall not be impaired or unduly burdened when such lands become a part of the state of Kansas.