43 U.S.C. § 144 — Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas validated

Entries existing on February 7, 1925 , and allowed prior to April 1, 1924 , under the Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 862) [ 43 U.S.C. 291 et seq.], for land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas, but not otherwise reserved or withdrawn, are validated, if otherwise regular: Provided, That at date of entry the land was not within the limits of the geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field. (Feb. 7, 1925, ch. 147, § 12, 43 Stat. 812 .) Editorial Notes References in Text The Stock Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916 , referred to in text, is act Dec. 29, 1916, ch. 9, 39 Stat. 862 , which was classified generally to subchapter X (§ 291 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII , §§ 702, 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2787 , 2792, except for sections 9 and 11 which are classified to sections 299 and 301, respectively, of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.

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