§687c — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows the Secretary of the Interior to lease U.S. public land in Alaska for fur farming to U.S. citizens, groups of citizens, or corporations formed under U.S. or state law. Leases can cover up to 640 acres and last up to 10 years. For islands, the Secretary may allow up to 30 square miles. The Pribilof Islands are excluded. Leases follow rules the Secretary makes. Mineral prospecting, development, leasing, or patenting can still occur under the laws that apply. Every permit or lease must keep the Secretary’s right to allow parts of the land to be used for catching, processing, storing, or selling fish as allowed by laws now or passed after July 3, 1926.

Title 43, §687c

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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 11 See References in Text note below. 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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 646 of title 16, referred to in text, was repealed by act Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18, 58 Stat. 104. See section 1161, 1162, and 1167 of Title 16, Conservation. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 360 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Executive Documents

Admission of Alaska as StateAdmission 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 section 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.

§687c Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship; acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws applicable to mineral resources; reservations