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30 U.S. Code § 43 - Conditions of sale by local legislature

As a condition of sale, in the absence of necessary legislation by Congress, the local legislature of any State or Territory may provide rules for working mines, involving easements, drainage, and other necessary means to their complete development; and those conditions shall be fully expressed in the patent.

(R.S. § 2338.)
Editorial Notes
Codification

R.S. § 2338 derived from act July 26, 1866, ch. 262, § 5, 14 Stat. 252.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.