Chapter 159. To grant extensions of time under coal permits
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Chap. 159: To grant extensions of time under coal permits. 1928-03-09 159 Chapter 45 Stat. 251 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public 251 Chapter 159.— An Act To grant extensions of time under coal permits. March 9, 1928.[[S. 1455](/us/bill/70/s/1455).][[Public, No. 114](/us/pl/70/114).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That any coalCoal mining.Extension of time allowed prospecting permits, if workable deposit not found.Vol. 41, p. 438. prospecting permit issued under the Act entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain,” approved February 25, 1920, as amended, may be extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period of two years, if he shall find that the permittee has been unable, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, to determine the existence or workability of coal deposits in the area covered by the permit and desires to prosecute further prospecting or exploration, or for other reasons in the opinion of the Secretary warranting such extension.
Sec. 2. Upon application to the Secretary of the Interior, andRenewal of expired permits. subject to valid intervening rights and to the provisions of section 1 of this Act, any coal permit that has already expired because of lack of authority under existing law to make extensions, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be extended for a period of two years from the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 9, 1928.
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