Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§50 Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 50
Summary
Acts passed at the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress that gave land to States or corporations for building roads or other uses, or that extended earlier grants made before the 30th day of January 1865, do not include mineral lands. Mineral lands remain reserved for the United States unless the grant law clearly says they are included.
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Title 30, §50
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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.
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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. § 2346 derived from Res. Jan. 30, 1865, No. 10, 13 Stat. 567.
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30 U.S.C. § 50
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73