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[CITE: 30USC301]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
CHAPTER 5--LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER 
                              RIGHTS-OF-WAY
 
Sec. 301. Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by 
        and to whom leased
        
    Whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall deem it to be 
consistent with the public interest he is authorized to lease deposits 
of oil and gas in or under lands embraced in railroad or other rights of 
way acquired under any law of the United States, whether the same be a 
base fee or mere easement: Provided, That, except as hereinafter 
authorized, no lease shall be executed hereunder except to the 
municipality, corporation, firm, association, or individual by whom such 
right of way was acquired, or to the lawful successor, assignee, or 
transferee of such municipality, corporation, firm, association, or 
individual.

(May 21, 1930, ch. 307, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 373.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 303 of this title.