§ 49. — Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC49]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 49. Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural
lands
Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title, within the
States of Missouri and Kansas deposits of coal, iron, lead, or other
mineral are excluded from the operation of sections 22 to 24, 26 to 28,
29, 30, 33 to 35, 37, 39 to 42, and 47 of this title, and all lands in
said States shall be subject to disposal as agricultural lands.
(May 5, 1876, ch. 91, 19 Stat. 52; Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 1, 41
Stat. 437.)
References in Text
Sections 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 35, 37, 39 to 42, and 47
of this title, referred to in text, were in the original ``the act
entitled `An act to promote the development of mining resources of the
United States' approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two'',
meaning act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91, popularly known as the
Mining Act of 1872. That act was incorporated into the Revised Statutes
as R.S. Secs. 2319 to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344, which are
classified to sections 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 35, 37, 39 to
42, and 47 of this title. For complete classification of R.S. Secs. 2319
to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344 to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1920--The exception clause has been inserted at beginning of this
section because of act Feb. 25, 1920, which provided that deposits of
coal, phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and lands containing
such deposits owned by the United States, shall be subject to
disposition in the form and manner provided by such act.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 460mm-1.
