30 U.S.C. § 86 — Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands

submitted 109 years ago by ch. 133 to r/title-30-MINERAL-LANDS-AND-MINING · 164 words · no verdicts yet

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Surplus land inside an Indian reservation that's marked as coal land can still be claimed like ordinary nonmineral land. The United States keeps the coal and the right to mine it. Before anyone can claim the land, it must first be classified and appraised.

When an Indian reservation is opened for settlement and its surplus land is sorted into mineral and nonmineral classes, any surplus land classified as coal land, or valuable for coal, can still be claimed the same way as the reservation's ordinary nonmineral land, as long as a proper application is made to get title to it. When granted, the United States reserves the coal deposits and the right to search for, mine, and remove them. Before any such land can be claimed, it must first be examined, sorted into the same classes as the reservation's nonmineral land, and appraised for its value — not counting the coal — under rules the Secretary of the Interior sets.

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In any Indian reservation opened to settlement and entry pursuant to a classification of the surplus lands therein as mineral and nonmineral, such surplus lands not otherwise reserved or disposed of, which have been or may be withdrawn or classified as coal lands or are valuable for coal deposits, shall be subject to the same disposition as is or may be prescribed by law for the nonmineral lands in such reservation whenever proper application shall be made with a view of obtaining title to such lands, with a reservation to the United States of the coal deposits therein and of the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. Such surplus lands, prior to any disposition hereunder, shall be examined, separated into classes the same as are the nonmineral lands in such reservations, and appraised, as to their value, exclusive of the coal deposits therein, under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose.

Source credit: (Feb. 27, 1917, ch. 133, § 1, 39 Stat. 944.)

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1917Enacted · Act of Feb. 27, 1917, ch. 133 · 39 Stat. 944

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