§229 Preference Right to Permits or Leases of Claimants of Lands Bona Fide Entered as Agricultural Land; Terms and Conditions

Summary

If someone entered land as farm land in good faith, and it was not withdrawn or declared mineral when entered, and it is not part of a railroad grant, then the person who got the patent (or people they transferred it to before January 1, 1918) gets the first chance to get a permit and a lease if minerals are later found. Holders of such entries inside an area no larger than a township may join their pieces together for one joint application, but the combined area cannot be more than 2,560 acres. Any lease under this rule that covers only those farm-entered lands must pay a royalty of at least 12.5% on the parts of the permit that are not included in the discovery lease the permittee is entitled to under section 223.