§144 — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

Says certain stock‑raising homestead claims are confirmed. If a claim was allowed before April 1, 1924 and still existed on February 7, 1925 under the Stock Raising Homestead Act (Dec. 29, 1916), and the land had been withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas but not otherwise reserved, the claim is valid so long as it otherwise met the rules and, when entered, the land was not inside the geologic limits of a producing oil or gas field.

Title 43, §144

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Entries existing on February 7, 1925, and allowed prior to April 1, 1924, under the Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 862) [43 U.S.C. 291 et seq.], for land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas, but not otherwise reserved or withdrawn, are validated, if otherwise regular: Provided, That at date of entry the land was not within the limits of the geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916, referred to in text, is act Dec. 29, 1916, ch. 9, 39 Stat. 862, which was classified generally to subchapter X (§ 291 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §§ 702, 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787, 2792, except for section 9 and 11 which are classified to section 299 and 301, respectively, of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.

§144 Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas validated