30 USC § 125 - Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation

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title: "30 USC § 125 - Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "125"
section_name: "Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR"
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source_credit: "(Apr. 17, 1954, ch. 152, 68 Stat. 56.)"
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# § 125. Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation

July 17, 1914June 17, 190232 Stat. 389

Where reclamation homestead entry was made prior to , pursuant to the Act of  (, 43 U.S.C., sec. 431), as amended and supplemented, for lands in the Northport Division or the Interstate Division of the North Platte Reclamation Project, and after such entry the lands have been or are hereafter withdrawn, classified, or reported as being valuable for any of the minerals named in sections 81 and 121 to 124 of this title, the patent shall not contain a reservation of such minerals. If any such mineral deposits on account of which the lands were withdrawn, classified or reported as being valuable have been leased by the United States, such patent shall be made subject to the rights of the lessee, but the patentee shall be subrogated to the rights of the United States under the lease.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 17, 1954, ch. 152, 68 Stat. 56.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.