§ 687c. — Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship; acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws applicable to mineral resources; reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC687c]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 16--SALE AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 687c. Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship;
acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws
applicable to mineral resources; reservations
The Secretary of the Interior, in order to encourage and promote
development of production of furs in the Territory of Alaska, is
authorized to lease to corporations organized under the laws of the
United States, or of any state or Territory thereof, citizens of the
United States, or associations of such citizens, public lands of the
United States in the Territory of Alaska suitable for fur farming, in
areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, and for periods not
exceeding ten years, upon such terms and conditions as he may by general
regulations prescribe: Provided, That where leases are given hereunder
for islands or lands within the same, such lease may, in the discretion
of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceed thirty
square miles: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall
prevent the prospecting, locating, development, entering, leasing, or
patenting of the mineral resources of any lands so leased under laws
applicable thereto: And provided further, That this section shall not be
held nor construed to apply to the Pribilof Islands, declared a special
reservation by section 646 \1\ of title 16: And provided further, That
any permit or lease issued under this section shall reserve to the
Secretary of the Interior the right to permit the use and occupation of
parts of said leased areas for the taking, preparing, manufacturing, or
storing of fish or fish products, or the utilization of the lands for
purposes of trade or business, to the extent and in the manner provided
by existing laws or laws which may be enacted after July 3, 1926.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(July 3, 1926, ch. 745, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 821.)
References in Text
Section 646 of title 16, referred to in text, was repealed by act
Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, Sec. 18, 58 Stat. 104. See sections 1161, 1162,
and 1167 of Title 16, Conservation.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 360 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Admission of Alaska as State
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on
issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as
required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 687c-1 of this title.
