§ 75. — Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC75]
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. 75. Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and
regulations
In case of conflicting claims upon coal lands where the improvements
shall be commenced, after the third day of March, 1873, priority of
possession and improvement, followed by proper filing and continued good
faith, shall determine the preference right to purchase. And also where
improvements have already been made prior to the third day of March,
1873, division of the land claimed may be made by legal subdivisions, to
include, as near as may be, the valuable improvements of the respective
parties. The Director of the Bureau of Land Management is authorized to
issue all needful rules and regulations for carrying into effect the
provisions of this section and sections 71 to 74 of this title.
(R.S. Sec. 2351; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946,
11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2351 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, Sec. 5, 17
Stat. 608.
Transfer of Functions
``Director of the Bureau of Land Management'' substituted in text
for ``Commissioner of the General Land Office'' on authority of Reorg.
Plan No. 3 of 1946, Sec. 403, 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, 76, 102 of this title.
