2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS (§§ 471 - 546b-1)
Subchapter I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (§§ 471 - 539o)
Section 482c - Patents affecting forest lands

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482c - Patents affecting forest lands
Containssection 482c
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditMay 11, 1934, ch. 280, §2, 48 Stat. 773.
Statutes at Large Reference48 Stat. 773

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Patents affecting forest lands - 16 U.S.C. § 482c (2013)
§482c. Patents affecting forest lands

On and after May 11, 1934, all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the Mount Hood National Forest within the State of Oregon shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Forest Service.

(May 11, 1934, ch. 280, §2, 48 Stat. 773.)

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