§ 1068b. — Mineral reservation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1068b]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 25A--LANDS HELD UNDER COLOR OF TITLE
Sec. 1068b. Mineral reservation
If the claimant requests that the patent to be issued under this
chapter not contain a mineral reservation and if he can establish to the
satisfaction of the Secretary that the requirements of this chapter have
been complied with by such claimant and his predecessors for the period
commencing not later than January 1, 1901, to the date of application,
no mineral reservation shall be made unless the lands are, at the time
of issuance of the patent, within a mineral withdrawal or subject to an
outstanding mineral lease.
(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, Sec. 3, as added July 28, 1953, ch. 254, Sec. 2,
67 Stat. 228.)