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

Summary

People who lawfully entered farmland (that was not withdrawn or called mineral land when entered, and not part of a railroad grant) — the original entrant or patentee, and anyone they assigned the claim to before January 1, 1918 — who received a patent that kept the mineral rights, get a first right to a permit and to a lease if minerals are found. Within an area no larger than a township, those entrants, patentees, or assigns with restricted patents can join land together to apply, but the combined area cannot be more than 2,560 acres. Any lease covering only these entered lands must pay at least a 12½% royalty on parts of the permit not included in the discovery lease the permit holder is entitled to.