§ 640d-6. — Joint ownership and management of coal, oil, gas and other minerals within or underlying partitioned lands; division of proceeds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC640d-6]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXII--NAVAJO AND HOPI TRIBES: SETTLEMENT OF RIGHTS AND
INTERESTS
Sec. 640d-6. Joint ownership and management of coal, oil, gas
and other minerals within or underlying partitioned lands;
division of proceeds
Partition of the surface of the lands of the joint use area shall
not affect the joint ownership status of the coal, oil, gas, and all
other minerals within or underlying such lands. All such coal, oil, gas,
and other minerals within or underlying such lands shall be managed
jointly by the two tribes, subject to supervision and approval by the
Secretary as otherwise required by law, and the proceeds therefrom shall
be divided between the tribes, share and share alike.
(Pub. L. 93-531, Sec. 7, Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1715.)
