FEDERAL · 30 U.S.C. · Chapter 3A
Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
Current through Pub. L. 119-99
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, 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 chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of sodium, in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
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Source Credit
History
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §23, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11, 1928, ch. 19, 45 Stat. 1019.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, struck out "and directed" after "authorized", "dissolved in and soluble in water, and accumulated by concentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a period not exceeding two years," after "nitrates of sodium", and last proviso which read "Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to lands in San Bernardino County, California."
Amendments
1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, struck out "and directed" after "authorized", "dissolved in and soluble in water, and accumulated by concentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a period not exceeding two years," after "nitrates of sodium", and last proviso which read "Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to lands in San Bernardino County, California."