2016 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A - Leases and Prospecting Permits
Subchapter VIII - Sulphur
Sec. 271 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
| 30 U.S.C. § 271 (2016) |
| §271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage |
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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. |
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(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, §1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.) |
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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. AMENDMENTS1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted "States of Louisiana and New Mexico" for "State of Louisiana". |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
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| Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS SUBCHAPTER VIII - SULPHUR Sec. 271 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage |
| section 271 |
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| 41 Stat. 437 44 Stat. 301 47 Stat. 701 |
