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
act July 26, 1866, ch. 262, § 514 Stat. 252R.S. § 2338 derived from , .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Submerged Lands Act
section 1303 of Title 43Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see , Public Lands.