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2012 U.S. Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS (§§ 181 - 287)
Subchapter VIII - SULPHUR (§§ 271 - 276)
Section 271 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER VIII - SULPHUR
Sec. 271 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
Containssection 271
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditApr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, §1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.
Statutes at Large References41 Stat. 437
44 Stat. 301
47 Stat. 701

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SULPHUR - 30 U.S.C. § 271 (2012)
§271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sulphur in lands belonging to the United States located in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form.

(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, §1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.)

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted “States of Louisiana and New Mexico” for “State of Louisiana”.

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