Chapter 201.
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CHAP. 201.— AN ACT To protect the locators in good faith of oil and gas lands who shall have effected an actual discovery of oil or gas on the public lands of the United States, or their successors in interest. March 2, 1911.[[H. R. 32314](/us/bill/36/hr/32314).][[Public, No. 450](/us/bill/36/pl/450).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in no case shall patent be denied to or for any lands Public lands.heretofore located or claimed under the mining laws of the United States containing petroleum, mineral oil, or gas Locators of mineral oil lands.solely because of any transfer or assignment thereof or of any interest or interests thereinPatents not to be denied, solely for transfer before discovery, etc.by the original locator or locators, or any of them, to any qualified persons or person, or corporation, prior to discovery of oil or gas therein, but if such claim is in all other respects valid and regular, patent therefor not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in any one claim shall issue to the holder or holders thereof, as in other cases: *Provided, however,**Proviso.*That such lands were not at the time of inception of development on or under such claimCondition.withdrawn from mineral entry.
Approved, March 2, 1911.