2016 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 2 - Mineral Lands and Regulations in General
Sec. 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
| 30 U.S.C. § 49b (2016) |
| §49b. Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska |
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The general mining laws of the United States so far as they are applicable to placer-mining claims, as prior to May 4, 1934, extended to the Territory of Alaska, are declared to be in full force and effect in said Territory: Provided, That nothing herein shall be held to change or affect the rights acquired by locators or owners of placer-mining claims prior to May 4, 1934, located in said Territory under act August 1, 1912 (37 Stat. 242, 243) and amendatory act March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1118). |
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(May 4, 1934, ch. 211, §2, 48 Stat. 663.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act August 1, 1912 (37 Stat. 242, 243) and amendatory act March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1118), referred to in text, were repealed by section 1 of act May 4, 1934. See sections 35 to 37 and 49b of this title. CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to sections 119 and 381a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. EFFECTIVE DATEAct May 4, 1934, ch. 211, §3, 48 Stat. 663, provided that: "This Act [enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days subsequent to the date of convening of the first regular session of the Alaska Territorial Legislature which is held after the passage of this Act [May 4, 1934]." ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATEAdmission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. |
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| Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL Sec. 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska |
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| 37 Stat. 242 43 Stat. 1118 48 Stat. 663 72 Stat. 339 |
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