30 U.S.C. § 229 : US Code - Section 229: Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions

Search 30 U.S.C. § 229 : US Code - Section 229: Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions

In the case of lands bona fide entered as agricultural, and not
withdrawn or classified as mineral at the time of entry, but not
including lands claimed under any railroad grant, the entryman or
patentee, or assigns, where assignment was made prior to January 1,
1918, if the entry has been patented with the mineral right
reserved, shall be entitled to a preference right to a permit and
to a lease, as herein provided, in case of discovery; and within an
area not greater than a township such entryman and patentees, or
assigns holding restricted patents may combine their holdings, not
to exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres for the purpose
of making joint application. Leases executed under this section and
embracing only lands so entered shall provide for the payment of a
royalty of not less than 12 1/2 per centum as to such areas within
the permit as may not be included within the discovery lease to
which the permittee is entitled under section 223 of this title.