United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 30. MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
Chapter 2. MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL |
§ 33. Existing rights
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All patents for mining claims upon veins or lodes issued prior to
May 10, 1872 , shall convey all the rights and privileges conferred by sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and section 661 of title 43 where no adverse rights existed on the 10th day of May, 1872.
References In Text
Sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and section 661 of title 43, referred to in text, were in the original “this chapter”, meaning chapter 6 of title 32 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2318 to 2352.
Codification
R.S. § 2328 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, § 9, 17 Stat. 94.
Provision of this section respecting prosecution of applications for patents for mining claims in General Land Office, pending