§ 271. — Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC271]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER VIII--SULPHUR
Sec. 271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
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.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498,
47 Stat. 701.)
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.
Amendments
1932--Act July 16, 1932, substituted ``States of Louisiana and New
Mexico'' for ``State of Louisiana''.
