§ 50. — Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC50]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 50. Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral
lands
No act passed at the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress,
granting lands to States or corporations to aid in the construction of
roads or for other purposes, or to extend the time of grants made prior
to the 30th day of January 1865 shall be so construed as to embrace
mineral lands, which in all cases are reserved exclusively to the United
States, unless otherwise specially provided in the act or acts making
the grant.
(R.S. Sec. 2346.)
References in Text
The first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, referred to in
text, was begun Dec. 7, 1863, and ended July 4, 1864, 13 Stat. 1 to 417,
contain legislation passed at such session.
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2346 derived from Res. Jan. 30, 1865, No. 10, 13 Stat.
567.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40,
42, 46, 47, 102 of this title; title 16 section 460mm-1.
