§ 43. — Conditions of sale by local legislature.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC43]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 43. Conditions of sale by local legislature
As a condition of sale, in the absence of necessary legislation by
Congress, the local legislature of any State or Territory may provide
rules for working mines, involving easements, drainage, and other
necessary means to their complete development; and those conditions
shall be fully expressed in the patent.
(R.S. Sec. 2338.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2338 derived from act July 26, 1866, ch. 262, Sec. 5, 14
Stat. 252.
Submerged Lands Act
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by
the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40,
42, 46, 47, 48, 102 of this title; title 16 section 460mm-1.
