Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§273 Lease of Lands Not Covered by Permits or Leases; Acreage; Rental
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — SULPHUR › § 273
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must offer for lease lands known to have sulphur that are not already under permit or lease. Leases can be for areas up to 640 acres and are offered by public notice, competitive bidding, or other rules the Secretary makes. Leases must require a royalty set in the lease and an advance rental of 50 cents per acre per year, and the rental paid for a year counts toward that year’s royalties.
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102