§ 73. — Presentation of claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC73]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3--LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS,
SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE
SUBCHAPTER I--COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL
Sec. 73. Presentation of claims
All claims under section 72 of this title must be presented to the
register of the proper land district within sixty days after the date of
actual possession and the commencement of improvements on the land, by
the filing of a declaratory statement therefor; but when the township
plat is not on file at the date of such improvement, filing must be made
within sixty days from the receipt of such plat at the district office.
(R.S. Sec. 2349.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2349 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, Sec. 3, 17
Stat. 607.
Transfer of Functions
Office of register of district land office abolished and all
functions of register transferred to Secretary of the Interior, or to
officers and agencies of Department of the Interior as Secretary may
designate, by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946,
11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
See also note set out under section 1 of this title.
Indian Lands Excepted
See note set out under section 71 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40,
42, 46, 47, 74, 75, 76, 102 of this title.
