§ 33. — Existing rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC33]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 33. Existing rights
All patents for mining claims upon veins or lodes issued prior to
May 10, 1872, shall convey all the rights and privileges conferred by
sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of
this title and section 661 of title 43 where no adverse rights existed
on the 10th day of May, 1872.
(R.S. Sec. 2328.)
References in Text
Sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to
76 of this title and section 661 of title 43, referred to in text, were
in the original ``this chapter'', meaning chapter 6 of title 32 of the
Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. Secs. 2318 to 2352.
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2328 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, Sec. 9, 17
Stat. 94.
Provision of this section respecting prosecution of applications for
patents for mining claims in General Land Office, pending May 10, 1872,
was omitted from the Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42,
46, 47, 48, 49, 102, 541b of this title; title 16 section 460mm-1; title
25 section 640d-10; title 43 sections 1712, 1714, 1732.
