Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

30 U.S.C. § 102

Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner

section 661 of title 43Where oil lands are located under the provisions of sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and as placer mining claims, the annual assessment labor upon such claims may be done upon any one of a group of claims lying contiguous and owned by the same person or corporation, not exceeding five claims in all, where such labor will tend to the development or to determine the oil-bearing character of such contiguous claims.

Feb. 12, 1903, ch. 548 32 Stat. 825 (, .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 661 of title 43Sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and , referred to in text, were in the original “title thirty-two, chapter six, Revised Statutes of the United States”, consisting of R.S. §§ 2318 to 2352.