§ 677. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029.

Section, R. S. § 2356, related to credit on sales, and payment of price.

§ 678. Price of lands.

The price at which the public lands are offered for sale shall be $1.25 an acre; and at every public sale, the highest bidder, who makes payment as provided in section 677 of this title, shall be the purchaser; but no land shall be sold, either at public or private sale, for a less price than $1.25 an acre; and all the public lands which are offered at public sale, according to law, and remain unsold at the close of such public sales, shall be subject to be sold at private sale, by entry at the land office, at $1.25 an acre, to be paid at the time of making such entry: Provided, That the price to be paid for alternate reserved lands, along the line of railroads within the limits granted by any Act of Congress, shall be $2.50 per acre. (R. S. § 2357.)

DERIVATION

Acts Apr. 24, 1820, ch. 51, § 3, 3 Stat. 566; Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, 19 Stat. 377.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 677 of this title, referred to in the text, which related to credit on sales and payment of price, was repealed by act Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029.

CROSS REFERENCES

Reduction in price of alternate sections of railroad lands, see section 679 of this title.

Sale of isolated or disconnected tracts of public lands notwithstanding this section, see section 1171 of this

title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1171 of this title. § 679. Price of alternate sections of railroad lands.

The price of lands subject to entry on June 15, 1880, and which were raised to $2.50 per acre, and put in market prior to January 1861, by reason of the grant of alternate sections for railroad purposes is reduced to $1.25 per acre. (June 15, 1880, ch. 227, § 3, 21 Stat. 238.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 680 of this title. § 680. Mineral lands.

Section 679 of this title shall not apply to any of the mineral lands of the United States; and no person who shall be prosecuted for or proceeded against on account of any trespass committed or material taken from any of the public lands after March 1, 1879, shall be entitled to the benefit thereof. (June 15, 1880, ch. 227, § 4, 21 Stat. 238.)

§ 681. Price of forfeited railroad lands and lands adjacent to railroad lands.

The price of all sections and parts of sections of the public lands within the limits of the portions of the several grants of lands to aid in the construction of railroads which have been or may be forfeited, which were by the Act making such grants or have since been increased to the double minimum price, and, also, of all lands within the limits of any such railroad grant, but not embraced in such grant lying adjacent to and coterminous with the portions of the line of any such railroad which was not completed

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell and convey to any religious or fraternal association, or private corporation, empowered by the laws under which such corporation or association is organized or incorporated to hold real estate for cemetery purposes, not to exceed eighty acres of any unappropriated nonmineral public lands of the United States for cemetery purposes, upon the payment therefor by such corporation or association of the sum of not less than $1.25 per acre: Provided, That title to any land disposed of under the provisions of this section shall revert to the United States, should the land or any part thereof be sold or cease to be used for the purpose herein provided. (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2286, 34 Stat. 1052.)

§ 682a. Sale or lease of small tracts for residence, recreation, business, or community site purposes. The Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to sell or lease to any person or organization described in section 682c of this title a tract of not exceeding five acres of any vacant, unreserved public lands, public lands withdrawn by Executive Orders Numbered 6910 of November 26, 1934, and 6964 of February 5, 1935, for classification, or public lands withdrawn or reserved by the Secretary of the Interior for any purposes, which the Secretary may classify as chiefly valuable for residence, recreation, business, or community site purposes, if he finds that such sale or lease of the lands would not unreasonably interfere with the use of water for grazing purposes nor unduly impair the protection of watershed areas, in reasonably compact form and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, at a price to be determined by him, for such use: Provided, That no land may be sold hereunder unless it has been surveyed. No person or organization shall be permitted to purchase or lease more than one tract under the provisions of sections 682a to 682e of this title, except upon a showing of good faith and reasons satisfactory to the Secretary. (June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 1, 52 Stat. 609; July 14, 1945, ch. 298, 59 Stat. 467; June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239.)

AMENDMENTS

1954 Act June 8, 1954, in amending act June 1, 1938, on which this section is based, divided the provisions of that act into separate sections (now set out as this section and sections 682b-682e of this title, and changed the provisions generally (1) by extending the leasing (but not the selling) provisions to unsurveyed lands; (2) by adding community site purposes to those for which sites may be sold or leased; (3) by inserting the provision protecting the use of water for grazing purposes, and protecting watershed areas; (4) by inserting "or organization" after "person" in the provision limiting purchase or lease to one tract, except as otherwise provided; (5) by transferring to section 2 of that act (section 682b of this title) the provisions prohibiting sale at less than cost of survey, and reserving to the United States the mineral rights; (6) by amending generally and transferring to section 3 of that act (section 682c of this title) the provisions describing who may be lessees or purchasers (see Prior Law note under section 682c of this title); (7) by amending and transferring to section 4 of that act (section 682d of this title) the provisions

with respect to purchases or leases by employees of the Department of the Interior stationed in Alaska (see Prior Law note under section 682d of this title); and (8) by enacting, as section 5 of that act, the provisions set out as section 682e of this title.

1945-Act July 14, 1945, struck out "prescribed: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any lands in the territory of Alaska.", and substituted "prescribe further ・・・ under this section."

DISPOSAL OF LANDS FOR PUBLIC OR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Disposal of lands for public or recreational purposes, see sections 869 to 869-3 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Preference right of World War II and Korean conflict veterans, see sections 279-284 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 282, 682b, 682c, 682d, 682e, 869 of this title.

§ 682b. Same; minimum selling price; reservation of mineral rights.

No tract shall be sold for less than the cost of making any survey necessary to describe properly the land sold. Patents for all tracts purchased under the provisions of sections 682a to 682c of this title shall contain a reservation to the United States of the oil, gas, and all other mineral deposits, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. (June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 2, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239.)

PRIOR LAW

Similar provisions on this subject were formerly contained in section 682a of this title. See 1954 Amendment note under that section.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 682a, 682c, 682d, 682e, 869 of this title.

§ 682c. Same; qualifications of lessees and purchasers. A lease may be issued or a sale made under sections 682a to 682e of this title to any of the following: (a) An individual who is a citizen of the United States, or who has filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen as required by the naturalization laws; (b) a partnership or an association, each of the members of which is a citizen of the United States or has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen; (c) a corporation, including nonprofit corporations, organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, and authorized to do business in the State or Territory in which the land is located; (d) a State, Territory, municipality, or other governmental subdivision. (June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 3, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239.)

PRIOR LAW

Prior provisions on this subject were formerly contained in section 682a of this title (see 1954 Amendment note thereunder). Those prior provisions restricted sales or leases to "any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who has filed his declaration of intention to become such a citizen, as required by the naturalization laws."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 682a, 682b, 682d, 682e, 869 of this title.

§ 682d. Same; sales or leases to employees of Department of Interior stationed in Alaska.

Any employee of the Department of the Interior, stationed in Alaska, notwithstanding such employment, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, purchase or lease under sections 682a to 682e of this title one tract for residence or recreation purposes in the Territory of Alaska: Provided, however, That any conveyance by the Secretary to such employee shall contain a provision under which said tract shall revert to the United States if used, within twenty-five years after issuance of patent for such tract, for other than residential or recreation purposes. (June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 4, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 240.)

PRIOR LAW

Prior provisions on this subject were formerly contained in section 682a of this title (see 1954 Amendment note under that section). Those prior provisions excluded "business sites" from those which might be purchased or leased by Department of the Interior employees; did not contain, as in this section, the words "for residence or recreation purposes"; and did not provide, as in this section, for reversion to the United States in certain cases. ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, upon issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 682a, 682b, 682c, 682e, 869 of this title.

§ 682e. Same; application to certain revested grant lands in Oregon; conditions.

The authority to lease lands under sections 682a to 682e of this title shall extend to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands situated in the State of Oregon and under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, except that—

(a) such lands shall be leased only for residential, recreational, or community site purposes and not for business purposes; and

(b) no lease of such lands shall be made if such lease would interfere with the application of the sustained yield timber management requirement established with respect to such lands by sections 1181a to 1181f of this title. (June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 5, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 240.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 682a, 682b, 687c, 687d, 869 of this title.

§§ 683 to 687. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029.

Sections, R. S. §§ 2358-2360, 2364; act Jan. 12, 1877, ch. 18, § 2, 19 Stat. 221, related to the fixing of a minimum price, and public sales of public lands.

§ 687a. Rights to purchase; price and limit of acreage; access to water front.

Any citizen of the United States twenty-one years of age, or any association of such citizens, or any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any State or Territory authorized

on May 14, 1898, by law to hold lands in the Territories, thereafter in the possession of and occupying public lands in Alaska in good faith for the purposes of trade, manufacture, or other productive industry, may each purchase one claim only not exceeding eighty acres of such land for any one person, association, or corporation, at $2.50 per acre, upon submission of proof that said area embraces improvements of the claimant and is needed in the prosecution of such trade, manufacture, or other productive industry, such tract of land not to include mineral or coal lands except as provided in section 270-1 of this title, and ingress and egress shall be reserved to the public on the waters of all streams, whether navigable or otherwise: Provided, That any citizen of the United States twenty-one years of age employed by citizens of the United States, associations of such citizens, or by corporations organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory, whose employer is engaged in trade, manufacture, or other productive industry, and any citizen of the United States twenty-one years of age who is himself engaged in trade, manufacture, or other productive industry may purchase one claim, not exceeding five acres, of unreserved public lands, such tract of land not to include mineral, coal, oil or gas lands except as provided in section 270-1 of this title, in Alaska as a homestead or headquarters, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, upon payment of $2.50 per acre: Provided further, That any citizen of the United States, after occupying land of the character described as a homestead or headquarters, in a habitable house, not less than five months each year for three years, may purchase such tract, not exceeding five acres, in a reasonable compact form, without any showing as to his employment or business, upon payment of $2.50 per acre, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in such cases surveys may be made without expense to the applicants in like manner as the survey of settlement claims under sections 270-10 and 270-15 of this title: And provided further, That the minimum payment for any such tract shall be $10, and no person shall be permitted to purchase more than one tract except upon a showing of good faith and necessity satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. (May 14, 1898, c. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413; Mar. 3, 1927, c. 323, 44 Stat. 1364; May 26, 1934, c. 357, 48 Stat. 809; Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85725, § 3, 72 Stat. 730.)

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of the first sentence up to the proviso of section 10 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 10 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to sections 270-4 and 687a-2 to 687a-5 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1958-Pub. L. 85-725 amended section to insert "except as provided under section 270-1 of this title" immediately after "coal lands" and "gas lands" where they appear.

1934-Act May 26, 1934, added the last two provisos. 1927-Act Mar. 3, 1967, added the first proviso.

CROSS REFERENCES

Applications to purchase claims, publishing and posting proofs of claims, and the determination of adverse claims to the tract sought to be purchased, see section 270-4 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 270-11, 270-16, 687a-1, 687a-6, 942-1, 942-3, 942-4, 942-5, 942-7, 942-8 of this title.

§ 687a-1. Same; filing of notice of claim; effect of failure to file; time limit for purchase applications.

All qualified persons, associations, or corporations now holding or hereafter initiating claims subject to the provisions of section 687a of this title, shall file a notice describing such claim in the manner specified by section 270 of this title in the United States land office for this district in which the land is situated within ninety days from April 29, 1950 or within ninety days from the date of the initiation of the claim, whichever is later. Unless such notice is filled in the proper district land office within the time prescribed the claimant shall not be given credit for the occupancy maintained in the claim prior to the filing of (1) a notice of the claim in the proper district land office, or (2) an application to purchase, whichever is earlier. Application to purchase claims, along with the required proof or showing, must be filed within five years after the filing of the notice of claim under this section. (Apr. 29 1950, ch. 137, § 5, 64 Stat. 95.)

§ 687a-2. Lands on navigable waters.

No entry shall be allowed under this Act on lands abutting on navigable water of more than eighty rods. There shall be reserved by the United States a space of eighty rods in width between tracts sold or entered under the provisions of said sections on lands abutting on any navigable stream, inlet, gulf, bay, or seashore, and the Secretary of the Interior may grant the use of such reserved lands abutting on the water front to any citizen or association of citizens, or to any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or under the laws of any State or Territory, for landings, and wharves, with the provision that the public shall have access to and proper use of such wharves, and landings, at reasonable rates of toll to be prescribed by said Secretary, and a roadway sixty feet in width, parallel to the shore line as near as may be practicable, shall be reserved for the use of the public as a highway. (May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413; Aug. 3, 1955, ch. 496, § 2, 69 Stat. 444.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in the text, is act May 14, 1898. For distribution of such act in this Code, see Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of the first and second provisos of the first paragraph of section 10 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 10 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to sections 270-4, 687a and 687a-3 to 687a-5 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1955 Act Aug. 3, 1955, amended section to eliminate provisions which reserved from sale and entry a space of 80 rods in width between tracts on navigable waters.

SAVINGS CLAUSE

Section 5 of act Aug. 3, 1955, provided that: "All conveyances of lands opened for sale, entry, or settlement under this Act shall be subject to (a) grants heretofore made by the Secretary of the Interior for the use of reserved lands abutting on the waterfront to any citizen or association of citizens, or to any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or under the

laws of any State or Territory, for landings, and wharves, as provided by section 10 of the Act of May 14, 1898, with an easement for not more than a one hundred-foot rightof-way for an access road to such wharves and landings, and (b) reservations made by the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the natives of Alaska of tracts of land along the waterfront of any stream, inlet, bay, or seashore for landing places for canoes and other craft used by the natives, as provided by said section 10, together with necessary right-of-way for access to such natives to such landing place: Provided, That any such reserve or grant for use for landings, wharves, or landing places which are no longer being used may upon proper evidence of nonuse be revoked and abrogated and conveyances under this Act made free and clear thereof."

RESTORATION OF LANDS FROM RESERVATION Section 4 of act Aug. 3, 1955, provided that: "All lands restored from reservation by this Act shall be restored to all forms of appropriation under the public land laws applicable to the Territory of Alaska, but a restoration from reservation by this Act shall not be construed as a revocation of an order of withdrawal within the meaning of section 4 of the Act of September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 748), as amended."

CROSS REFERENCES

Mineral lands or town sites exempt from reservation of roadway, see section 498 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

Lands on shore of Bering Sea to be subject to exploration and mining for gold and other precious metals, subject only to such general limitations as may be necessary to exempt navigation from artificial obstructions, see section 498 of Title 30.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 6878-6, 687b-3, 942-1, 942-3, 942-4, 942-5, 942-6, 942-7, 942-8 of this title; title 30 section 49a.

§ 687a-3. Several claimants of same tract.

In case more than one person, association, or corporation shall claim the same tract of land, the person, association, or corporation having the prior claim, by reason of actual possession and continued occupation in good faith, shall be entitled to purchase the same, but where several persons are so may be so possessed of parts of the tract applied for the same shall be awarded to them according to their respective interests. (May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413.)

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of the third proviso of the first paragraph of section 10 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 10 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to sections 270-4, 687a, 687a-2, 687a-4 and 687a-5 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 687a-6, 942-1, 942-3, 942-4, 942-5, 942-6, 942-7, 942-8 of this title.

§ 687a-4. Reservation of landing places along water front for natives.

The Secretary of the Interior shall reserve for the use of the natives of Alaska suitable tracts of land along the water front of any stream, inlet, bay, or sea shore for landing places for canoes and other craft used by such natives. (May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413.)

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of the fifth proviso of the first paragraph of section 10 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 10 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to sections 270-4, 687a, 687a-2, 687a-3 and 687a-5 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 687a-6, 942-1, 942-3, 942-4, 942-5, 942-6, 942-7, 942-8 of this title.

§ 687a-5. Certain islands excepted.

The Annette, Pribilof Islands, and the islands leased or occupied for the propagation of foxes are excepted from the operation of this Act. (May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in the text, is act May 14, 1898. For distribution of such act in this Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of the last proviso of the first paragraph of section 10 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 10 of act May 1898, is classified to sections 270-4, 687a, 687a-2 to 687a-4 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 687a-6, 942-1, 942-3, 942-4, 942-5, 942-6, 942-7, 942-8 of this title. § 687a-6. Surveys; deposits.

It shall be the duty of any person, association, or corporation entitled to purchase land under sections 687a and 687a-2 to 687a-5 of this title to make an application to such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, for an estimate of the cost of making a survey of the lands occupied by such person, association, or corporation, and the cost of the clerical work necessary to be done in the office of such officer; and on the receipt of such estimate from such officer, the said person, association, or corporation shall deposit the amount in a United States depository, as is required by section 759 of this title relating to deposits for surveys.

On the receipt by such officer, of the said certificates of deposit, he shall employ a competent person to make such survey, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make his return of his field notes and maps to the office of such officer. (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 13, 26 Stat. 1100; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan. No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Functions of the Supervisor of Surveys were transferred to that officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under former section 1 of this title.

The office of surveyor general was abolished by act Mar. 3, 1925, and administration of activities transferred to and consolidated with the Field Surveying Service under the jurisdiction of the United States Supervisor of Surveys to be administered under the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.

§ 687b. Alaskan lands subject to sale for industrial, commercial, and housing construction purposes; public auction; notice; acreage limitation; proof of buyer's intention; administrative consent. Public lands in Alaska not within national parks or monuments, national forests, Indian lands, and military reservations, which have been classified by

the Secretary of the Interior as suitable for industrial or commercial purposes, including the construction of housing, may be sold by him at public auction, after giving not less than thirty days' notice of such intended sale in a newspaper of general circulation in Alaska, in tracts not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in the aggregate, to any bidder who furnishes proof satisfactory to the Secretary that such bidder has the bona fide intention and the means to develop the tract for such use: Provided, That withdrawn or reserved lands may be disposed of under sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title only with the consent of any department or agency having administrative jurisdiction over such lands. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 1, 63 Stat. 679.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 687b-2, 687b-3, 687b-4, 687b-5 of this title.

§ 687b-1. Same; minimum selling price.

No sale shall be made for less than the appraised price of the land and the cost of making any survey to properly describe the land sold. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 2, 63 Stat. 679.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 687b, 687b-2, 687b-3, 687b-4, 687b-5 of this title.

§ 687b-2. Same; certificate of purchase; patent in fee; issuance and contents; liability for mining; vested rights.

There shall be issued to each purchaser of land under sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title a certificate of purchase. Within three years after issuance of such certificate, upon proof supported by affidavits of two disinterested persons that the purchaser has used the land for the purpose for which it was classified for sale for a period of not less than six months, a patent in fee shall be issued. Patents under said sections shall issue only after survey, and shall contain a reservation to the United States of all minerals in the lands patented, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals, and such other reservations as may be necessary and proper: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of any Act of Congress to the contrary, any person who hereafter prospects for, mines, or removes any minerals from any land disposed of under said sections shall be liable for any damage that may be caused to the value of the land and tangible improvements thereon by such prospecting for, mining, or removal of minerals. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair any vested right in existence on August 30, 1949. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 3, 63 Stat. 679.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 687b, 687b-3, 687b-4, 687b-5 of this title.

§ 687b-3. Same; existing rights saved; laws not applicable.

Sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title shall not affect any existing valid rights. Sections 270 and 687a-2 of this title, creating shore space reserves, shall not apply to nor limit the operation of sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 4, 63 Stat. 679.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 687b, 687b-2, 687b-4, 687b-5 of this title.

§ 687b-4. Same; rules and regulations.

The Secretary of the Interior may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to provide for the development, under applicable law, of minerals reserved to the United States, to provide appropriate notice of and method of conducting sales, to prevent speculation, to promote the orderly development of lands in Alaska, to provide protection and compensation for damages from mining activities to the surface and improvements thereon, and to carry out any of the other purposes of sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 5, 63 Stat. 679.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 687b, 687b-2, 687b-3, 687b-5 of this title.

§ 687b-5. Same; equitable principles upon submission of proof of compliance with use requirements after prescribed period.

The Secretary of the Interior may apply the principles of equity and justice as authorized by section 1161 of this title, to sales under sections 687b to 687b-4 of this title, where the purchaser submits proof of compliance with the use requirements of section 687b-2 of this title more than three years after issuance of a certificate of purchase. (Pub. L. 88-66, July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 80.)

§ 687c. Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship; acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws applicable to mineral resources; reservations.

The Secretary of the Interior, in order to encourage and promote development of production of furs in the Territory of Alaska, is authorized to lease to corporations organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, citizens of the United States, or associations of such citizens, public lands of the United States in the Territory of Alaska suitable for fur farming, in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, and for periods not exceeding ten years, upon such terms and conditions as he may by general regulations prescribe: Provided, That where leases are given hereunder for islands or lands within the same, such lease may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceed thirty square miles: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the prospecting, locating, development, entering, leasing, or patenting of the mineral resourses of any lands so leased under laws applicable thereto: And provided further, That this section shall not be held nor construed to apply to the Pribilof Islands, declared a special reservation by section 646 of Title 16: And provided further, That any permit or lease issued under this section shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to permit the use and occupation of parts of said leased areas for the taking, preparing, manufacturing, or storing of fish or fish products, or the utilization of the lands for purposes of trade or business, to the extent and in the manner