§ 47. — Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC47]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 47. Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining
property
Nothing contained in sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to
48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and section 661 of title 43 shall
be construed to impair in any way, rights or interests in mining
property acquired under laws in force prior to July 9, 1870; nor to
affect the provisions of the act entitled ``An act granting to A. Sutro
the right-of-way and other privileges to aid in the construction of a
draining and exploring tunnel to the Comstock lode, in the State of
Nevada'', approved July 25, 1866.
(R.S. Sec. 2344.)
References in Text
Sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to
76 of this title and section 661 of title 43, referred to in text, were
in the original ``this chapter'', meaning chapter 6 of title 32 of the
Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. Secs. 2318 to 2352.
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2344 derived from acts July 9, 1870, ch. 235, Sec. 17, 16
Stat. 218; May 10, 1872, ch. 152, Sec. 16, 17 Stat. 96.
Submerged Lands Act
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by
the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40,
42, 46, 48, 49, 102, 541b of this title; title 16 section 460mm-1; title
25 section 640d-10; title 43 sections 1712, 1714, 1732.