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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 33 — Farm Tenancy

§ 1034. Persons to whom mineral interests sold; conveyances

Statutory text

Such mineral interests shall be sold only to private persons who shall apply therefor and who at the time of application are the owners of the surface of the land covered by the application. Applicants shall establish their title to the surface of the land covered by the application to the satisfaction of the Secretary at their own expense. Conveyances of mineral interests shall be by quitclaim deed executed by the Secretary or his delegate.

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. Pub. L. 81–897 § 2 · 64 Stat. 769

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1034

    (Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 897, § 2, 64 Stat. 769.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 897, § 2, 64 Stat. 769.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Such mineral interests shall be sold only to private persons who shall apply therefor and who at the time of application are the owners of the surface of the land covered by the application. applicants shall establish their title to the surface of the land covered by the application to the satisfaction of the Secretary at their own expense. Conveyances of mineral interests shall be by quitclaim deed executed by the Secretary or his delegate.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act which constitutes a major part of this chapter.

Credits

(Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 897, § 2, 64 Stat. 769.)

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