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title: "30 U.S.C. § 302"
description: "Assignment of lease; subletting"
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title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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chapter_name: "LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 302 - Assignment of lease; subletting

## Text

The right conferred by this chapter may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be assigned or sublet by the owner thereof to any corporation, firm, association, or individual.

(May 21, 1930, ch. 307, § 2, 46 Stat. 373.)