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title: "30 U.S.C. § 204"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 204 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 13(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1090

## Notes

Section, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 4, 41 Stat. 439, provided for the leasing of an additional tract of land or coal deposit, not to exceed 2560 acres, upon a showing by a lessee that all workable deposits of coal would be exhausted, worked out, or removed within three years thereafter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Savings ProvisionPub. L. 94–377, § 13(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1090, provided that the repeal of this section is subject to valid existing rights.