30 USC § 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska

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title: "30 USC § 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "49b"
section_name: "Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(May 4, 1934, ch. 211, § 2, 48 Stat. 663.)"
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# § 49b. Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska

May 4, 1934*Provided*May 4, 1934August 1, 191237 Stat. 242March 3, 192543 Stat. 1118

The general mining laws of the United States so far as they are applicable to placer-mining claims, as prior to , extended to the Territory of Alaska, are declared to be in full force and effect in said Territory: , That nothing herein shall be held to change or affect the rights acquired by locators or owners of placer-mining claims prior to , located in said Territory under act  (, 243) and amendatory act  ().

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**Source Credit**: (May 4, 1934, ch. 211, § 2, 48 Stat. 663.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act  (, 243) and amendatory act  (), referred to in text, were repealed by section 1 of act . See sections 35 to 37 and 49b of this title.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to sections 119 and 381a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “This Act [enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days subsequent to the date of convening of the first regular session of the Alaska Territorial Legislature which is held after the passage of this Act [
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, , provided that:

## Executive Documents

### Admission of Alaska as State

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of , , , set out as notes preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.