§ 273. Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1926

   Pub. L. 69–158 § 3 · 44 Stat. 301

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 273

   (Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 3, 44 Stat. 301.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 3, 44 Stat. 301.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Lands known to contain valuable deposits of sulphur and Lease of lands with known sulphur deposits. 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 Royalties, etc. 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.

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