§ 161. — Entry of buildingstone lands; previous law unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC161]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3--LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS,
SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE
SUBCHAPTER VIII--BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-
MINING LAWS
Sec. 161. Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
Any person authorized to enter lands under the mining laws of the
United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building
stone under the provisions of the law in relation to placer mineral
claims. Lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated
to any States shall not be subject to entry under this section. Nothing
contained in this section shall be construed to repeal section 471 of
title 16 relating to the establishment of national forests.
(Aug. 4, 1892, ch. 375, Secs. 1, 3, 27 Stat. 348.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
Codification
First two sentences of this section are from section 1 and last
sentence of this section is from section 3 of act Aug. 4, 1892.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 1907; title 43
section 299.
