§ 144. — Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas validated.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 43USC144]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 6--WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY
Sec. 144. Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas
validated
Entries existing on February 7, 1925, and allowed prior to April 1,
1924, under the Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916
(Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 862) [43 U.S.C. 291 et seq.], for
land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas, but not otherwise reserved or
withdrawn, are validated, if otherwise regular: Provided, That at date
of entry the land was not within the limits of the geologic structure of
a producing oil or gas field.
(Feb. 7, 1925, ch. 147, Sec. 12, 43 Stat. 812.)
References in Text
The Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916, referred to in
text, is act Dec. 29, 1916, ch. 9, 39 Stat. 862, as amended, which was
classified generally to subchapter X (Sec. 291 et seq.) of chapter 7 of
this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Secs. 702,
704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787, 2792, except for sections 9 and 11
which are classified to sections 299 and 301, respectively, of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
