Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60

§273 Lease of Lands Not Covered by Permits or Leases; Acreage; Rental

Title 30 › Chapter 3A— LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter VIII— SULPHUR › § 273

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must lease public land known to have sulfur if it is not already under a permit or lease. Leases are offered by public notice, competitive bidding, or other methods the Secretary makes by rule. Each lease area cannot be larger than 640 acres. The person who gets the lease must pay a royalty set in the lease and must pay in advance a rent of 50 cents per acre per year. The rent paid for any year is credited against the royalties for that year.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §273

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Lands known to contain valuable deposits of sulphur and not covered by permits or leases shall be held subject to lease by the Secretary of the Interior through advertisement, competitive bidding, or such other methods as he may by general regulations adopt and in such areas as he shall fix, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres; all leases to be conditioned upon the payment by the lessee of such royalty as may be fixed in the lease and the payment in advance of a rental of 50 cents per acre per annum, the rental paid for any one year to be credited against the royalties accruing for that year.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

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30 U.S.C. § 273

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60