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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 14 — Agricultural Experiment Stations

§ 389a. Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights

Statutory text

Conveyances or patents under this section and section 389 of this title shall be upon such conditions as in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture will assure the use of such station in the cooperative agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the respective State. Any such conveyances of the land shall contain a reservation to the United States of all the minerals in the land together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

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. 81–1005 § 2 · 64 Stat. 981

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 389a

    (Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1005, § 2, 64 Stat. 982.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1005, § 2, 64 Stat. 982.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Conveyances or patents hereunder shall be upon such conditions Conditions. as in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture will assure the use of such station in the cooperative agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the respective State. . Any such conveyances of the land small contain a reservation to the United States of all the minerals in the land together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Credits

(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1005, § 2, 64 Stat. 982.)

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