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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 670. Surrender to United States of right to regulate debris of mine
Said petition shall be accompanied by an instrument duly executed
and acknowledged, as required by the law of the said State, whereby
the owner or owners of such mine or mines surrender to the United
States the right and privilege to regulate by law, as provided in
this chapter, or any law that may be enacted after March 1, 1893,
or by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by virtue
thereof, the manner and method in which the debris resulting from
the working of said mine or mines shall be restrained, and what
amount shall be produced therefrom; it being understood that the
surrender aforesaid shall not be construed as in any way affecting
the right of such owner or owners to operate said mine or mines by
any other process or method in use in said State on March 1, 1893:
Provided, That they shall not interfere with the navigability of
the aforesaid rivers.
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