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30 U.S.C. § 202 — Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit

submitted 106 years ago by ch. 85 to r/title-30-MINERAL-LANDS-AND-MINING · 195 words · no verdicts yet

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Railroad companies can only lease coal land for their own railroad use, not to sell coal. They can't hold more than 10,240 acres total, or more than one lease per 200 miles of railroad. A short railroad under 200 miles can still get one lease.

A company or corporation that runs a common-carrier railroad cannot get or hold a permit or lease under this chapter for coal deposits, except to use the coal for its own railroad operations. Every permit and lease given to such a company must spell out this limit. These companies also cannot hold more than 10,240 acres total under permits and leases, and cannot hold more than one permit or lease for every 200 miles of railroad line the coal will serve — not counting spurs, switches, branch lines built just to connect to the leased coal, or parts of the railroad mostly run by power other than steam. However, nothing in this section or in section 201 stops a railroad shorter than 200 miles from getting one permit or lease. But no railroad can hold a permit or lease for land in a state where it does not operate any main or branch lines.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

No company or corporation operating a common-carrier railroad shall be given or hold a permit or lease under the provisions of this chapter for any coal deposits except for its own use for railroad purposes; and such limitations of use shall be expressed in all permits and leases issued to such companies or corporations; and no such company or corporation shall receive or hold under permit or lease more than ten thousand two hundred and forty acres in the aggregate nor more than one permit or lease for each two hundred miles of its railroad lines served or to be served from such coal deposits exclusive of spurs or switches and exclusive of branch lines built to connect the leased coal with the railroad, and also exclusive of parts of the railroad operated mainly by power produced otherwise than by steam.

Nothing in this section and section 201 of this title shall preclude such a railroad of less than two hundred miles in length from securing one permit or lease thereunder but no railroad shall hold a permit or lease for lands in any State in which it does not operate main or branch lines.

Source credit: (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 2(c), 41 Stat. 438; June 13, 1944, ch. 244, 58 Stat. 275; June 3, 1948, ch. 379, § 1, 62 Stat. 289.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1920Enacted · Act of Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85 · 41 Stat. 438
  • 1944Amended · Act of June 13, 1944, ch. 244 · 58 Stat. 275
  • 1948Amended · Act of June 3, 1948, ch. 379 · 62 Stat. 289

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 85 on 1920-02-25.

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