30-U.S.C.-281
§281 – Prospecting Permits For Chlorides, Sulphates, Carbonates, Borates, Silicates, Or Nitrates of Potassium; Authorization; Acreage; Lands Affected
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Title 30 > Chapter 3A > Subchapter IX > Section 281
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- Reference: Section 281
- Legend: §281 – Prospecting Permits For Chlorides, Sulphates, Carbonates, Borates, Silicates, Or Nitrates of Potassium; Authorization; Acreage; Lands Affected
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form: Provided further, That the prospecting provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to lands and deposits in or adjacent to Searles Lake, California, which lands may be leased by the Secretary of the Interior under the terms and provisions of this subchapter.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, §1, 44 Stat. 1057.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original this Act, meaning act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057, as amended, which enacted this subchapter, amended sections 181 and 193 of this title, and repealed subchapter VII (§141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.
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