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# 30 U.S.C. § 21 - Mineral lands reserved

## Text

In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law.

(R.S. § 2318.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2318 derived from act July 4, 1866, ch. 166, § 5, 14 Stat. 86.