§ 74. — Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC74]
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. 74. Number of coal land entries; other entries upon
noncompliance with conditions
Sections 71 to 73 of this title shall be held to authorize only one
entry by the same person or association of persons; and no association
of persons any member of which shall have taken the benefit of such
sections, either as an individual or as a member of any other
association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions
thereof; and no member of any association which shall have taken the
benefit of such sections shall enter or hold any other lands under their
provisions; and all persons claiming under section 72 of this title
shall be required to prove their respective rights and pay for the lands
filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their
respective claims; and upon failure to file the proper notice, or to pay
for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to
entry by any other qualified applicant.
(R.S. Sec. 2350.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2350 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, Sec. 4, 17
Stat. 607.
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, 75, 76, 102 of this title.
