2016 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A - Leases and Prospecting Permits
Subchapter IV - Oil and Gas
Sec. 229 - Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions

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Citation 30 U.S.C. § 229 (2016)
Section Name §229. Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
Section Text

In the case of lands bona fide entered as agricultural, and not withdrawn or classified as mineral at the time of entry, but not including lands claimed under any railroad grant, the entryman or patentee, or assigns, where assignment was made prior to January 1, 1918, if the entry has been patented with the mineral right reserved, shall be entitled to a preference right to a permit and to a lease, as herein provided, in case of discovery; and within an area not greater than a township such entryman and patentees, or assigns holding restricted patents may combine their holdings, not to exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres for the purpose of making joint application. Leases executed under this section and embracing only lands so entered shall provide for the payment of a royalty of not less than 12½ per centum as to such areas within the permit as may not be included within the discovery lease to which the permittee is entitled under section 223 of this title.

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(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §20, 41 Stat. 445.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER IV - OIL AND GAS
Sec. 229 - Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
Contains section 229
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large Reference 41 Stat. 445
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