Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§43 Conditions of sale by local legislature
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 43
Summary
If Congress hasn't acted, local lawmakers can set rules for selling and working mines (like easements and drainage) and must put those rules in the land patent.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §43
Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2338 derived from act July 26, 1866, ch. 262, § 5, 14 Stat. 252.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 43
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73