§ 482f. — Patents affecting forest lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC482f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482f. Patents affecting forest lands
On and after June 13, 1939, all patents issued under the United
States mining laws affecting lands within the watershed of headwaters of
the Bonito River in the Lincoln Forest, in the State of New Mexico,
shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together
with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom
as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the
timber is removed in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on
adjoining national-forest land, but each patent shall reserve to the
United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products
thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources
therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting
shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the
Department of Agriculture.
(June 13, 1939, ch. 201, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 818.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws, referred to in text, are classified
generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 482g of this title.
